Kat Kinsman Named Editor in Chief at Tasting Table

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Oct 10, 2014, 11:00 ET

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- TastingTable.com, the premier online destination for culinary enthusiasts, has named Kat Kinsman as Editor in Chief. In her new role, Kinsman will oversee all editorial content for the multiplatform media company, which delivers discerning dining advice, chefs' recipes and news from the world of food and drink across email, Web, social media and mobile.

"During the past six years, we've established Tasting Table as a must-read for culinary obsessives," said Geoff Bartakovics, co-founder and CEO. "Kat is not only a highly respected journalist, she's also a longtime digital and social media maven whose broad interests will help to expand Tasting Table's focus on the larger lifestyle surrounding the world of food and drink."

Ms. Kinsman joins Tasting Table from CNN.com's EPPY Award–winning Eatocracy, where she was managing editor, covering food, beverage and lifestyle. Her work at Eatocracy earned her a James Beard Broadcast Award nomination in the TV Segment category. Kinsman can often be seen on CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD, Newsroom, CNN Weekend, Weekend Express and CNN Money videos. She is currently working on her first book, Hi, Anxiety, due in summer 2015 for HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books.

Before joining CNN in 2010, Kinsman served as the senior editor for AOL Food and Slashfood. Her prior experience includes 10 years as a designer and art director at publications including Maxim, FHM and CitySearch. She is a Kansas City Barbeque Society certified barbecue judge, vice chair of the James Beard Journalism Committee and an avid member of the Southern Foodways Alliance. She holds an MFA in metalsmithing from SUNY New Paltz.

"I've been a subscriber to and reader of Tasting Table for as long as it's been around," said Ms. Kinsman. "It's always been a delicious interlude in my day, and I couldn't be more excited about having that be my all-day every day."

ABOUT TASTING TABLE
Tasting Table is a website and newsletter for culinary enthusiasts. We eat high and low to bring you the discerning dining advice, recipes you can trust and news you can use from the world of food and drink. We're an opinionated gang of always-curious anchovy-loving, order-one-of-everything-for-the-table epicurean obsessives. Join us at TastingTable.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Google+.

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