The Jury
Jury Chair
Jim Dodge
Jim Dodge
Jim has published several cookbooks, including the award-winning American Baker and Baking with Jim Dodge. He is a contributing editor to the revised Joy of Cooking, as well as a former contributing editor to Food & Wine, and consulting culinary editor to Cooks Illustrated. Jim has received numerous honors, including a James Beard Award for Excellence in 2005, a Gold Plate Award presented by the American Academy of Achievement in 1989, a James Beard Cookbook Award in 1987, and the Honor Roll of American Chefs for Food & Wine in 1983.
Evan Goldstein
Evan Goldstein
Evan Goldstein is an internationally recognized authority and educator on wine. One of just 279 Master Sommeliers worldwide, Goldstein has authored four books, and co-authored several more. He is also a Founding Board Member of the Best USA Sommelier Association (BUSA), and a contributing editor to the Oxford Companion to Wine (5th edition, publication 2023). Goldstein’s most recent venture is Master the World™ (MTW). An innovative wine education platform for wine enthusiasts and industry professionals, MTW comprises a blind tasting kit with a companion online evaluation experience designed to increase wine knowledge and train your palate. Goldstein (a lifelong Giants fan) was recruited by his hometown team, becoming the first ever Master Sommelier for a professional sports organization.
Susan Spungen
Susan Spungen
Susan Spungen is a cook, food stylist, recipe developer, and author. She was the founding food editor and editorial director for food at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia from its inception in 1991 until 2003. She was the culinary consultant and food stylist on the feature films Julie & Julia, It’s Complicated, and Eat, Pray, Love. She is the author of Open Kitchen: Inspired Food for Casual Gatherings, Recipes: A Collection for the Modern Cook, What’s a Hostess to Do?, and Strawberries (a Short Stack Edition), and most recently, Veg Forward: Super-Delicious Recipes that put produce at the Center of Your Plate. She is the author of Susanality (a popular Substack newsletter), She lives in New York City and East Hampton, NY.
Kate Krader
Kate Krader
Kate Krader is the Food Editor at Bloomberg Pursuits, currently based in London. She writes about news and trends around the UK and the US and oversees food coverage from all over the world for the website and Businessweek magazine. She also contributes to the Bloomberg business division.
She is the former restaurant editor at Food & Wine magazine, where she oversaw its news, trend and restaurant coverage. During her long tenure at the monthly magazine, she led Food & Wine‘s annual search for Food & Wine Best New Chefs.
She also edited the Food & Wine Cocktails, an annual guide to the hottest cocktail recipes, the best spots and the biggest trends in nightlife.
A graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio, Krader received her formal culinary training at La Varenne in Paris. She resides in Manhattan.
Andrea Nguyen
Andrea Nguyen
A culinary bridge builder and leading authority on Asian food, Andrea Nguyen was born in Vietnam and came to the United States at the age of six as a refugee. She has authored six acclaimed cookbooks, including The Pho Cookbook, a James Beard Foundation award winner. Epicurious named her one of the 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time. Her vegetable-driven cookbook, Ever-Green Vietnamese, publishes in April 2023.
A former Saveur contributing editor and Cooking Light columnist, Andrea holds a master’s degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She has written articles and developed recipes for Food & Wine, EatingWell, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times.
Andrea lives in Santa Cruz, California, where she does most of her writing, teaching, and podcasting. Stay in touch with her via vietworldkitchen.com, on Twitter @aqnguyen, and Instagram @andreanguyen88. Subscribe to her Substack newsletter, Pass the Fish Sauce.