🍴 Bret Thorn, Senior Food & Beverage Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality since 1999, hosts podcast "In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn." He wrote for The New York Sun (2005-2008) and spent five years in Thailand as a journalist for Manager magazine and Asia Times newspaper. With a BA from Tufts University and culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, Thorn was inducted into Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014. His expertise spans food and beverage trends, French cuisine, Asian cuisine, and restaurant operations. Contact him at [email protected] or through social media on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter (@foodwriterdiary), and Instagram (@foodwriterdiary).