Bret Thorn

🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, provides F&B trend insights and oversees coverage. Host of "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn" podcast, he wrote for The New York Sun from 2005-2008. His contributions include articles for Manager magazine and Asia Times during 1992-1997 in Thailand. A magna cum laude graduate from Tufts University, he also studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and in China during the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Thorn won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award and was inducted into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014. A Denver native, he resides in Brooklyn, N.Y. and has extensive expertise in global cuisines and restaurant operations.

📖 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, hosts a podcast "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn." He reported on New York's restaurant scene in "The New York Sun" from 2005 to 2008. Thorn wrote for "Manager" magazine and "Asia Times" while in Thailand (1992-1997) and was an ABC News runner during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. A Tufts University graduate (1990), he also attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris (1986) and studied in China (1988-1989). Thorn won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award and authored entries for the Oxford Encyclopedia (2012) and Oxford Companion (2015). He was inducted into the Disciples d'Escoffier in 2014 and served as IFEC president in 2005. He is based in Brooklyn, NY.

🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality, reports on F&B trends and guides coverage. He hosted "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn" podcast and wrote "Kitchen Dish" for The New York Sun from 2005-2008. In 1999, he joined Nation's Restaurant News after writing in Thailand for Manager magazine and Asia Times. A magna cum laude Tufts University history graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, Thorn studied at Le Cordon Bleu and in China. His work won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award, and he served as IFEC president in 2005. Thorn, inducted into the Disciples d'Escoffier in 2014, lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and specializes in F&B trends, French cuisine, and Asian cuisine. His career includes being a columnist for New York Sun (2005-2008), sub-editor at Asia Times (1995-1997), and ABC News runner in 1989. He was educated at Tufts University (BA in History, 1990), Peking University, Nanjing University, and Le Cordon Bleu (Certificat Elémentaire, 1986). Contact him at [email protected] and follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, reports on food and beverage trends. Host of the podcast "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn," he served as president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC) in 2005 and was inducted into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014. Thorn's column won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award and has authored entries in the Oxford Encyclopedia (2012) and the Oxford Companion (2015). A magna cum laude Tufts University graduate with a history degree and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, he studied at Le Cordon Bleu and in China. Thorn wrote for The New York Sun (2005-2008), Asia Times, and Manager magazine in Thailand (1992-1997), and worked for ABC News during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.

🍽 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, hosted podcast "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn." Wrote "Kitchen Dish" column for The New York Sun (2005-2008), articles in Thailand for Manager magazine and Asia Times (1992-1997). Magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University, studied at Le Cordon Bleu and in China. Winner of 2006 Jesse H. Neal Award, inducted into Disciples d'Escoffier in 2014. Expert in food and beverage trends, French cuisine, and Asian cuisine, especially Thai. Lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Contact: [email protected], LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.