Brandon Summers-Miller

Location: Chicago, IL

Brandon is a food writer based in Chicago. After working in the service industry for ten years and completing his BA in English with Honors at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Brandon moved to New York and graduated top of his class from the Institute of Culinary Education. Upon graduation, Brandon worked at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and then began writing about food and beverage full time. Brandon’s work has appeared in Eater, Epicurious, Wine Enthusiast, and elsewhere, and was cited in the Other Distinguished Food Writing section of Best American Food writing 2023.

Experience

Brandon is a food writer based in Chicago. After working in the service industry for ten years—including his family’s bakery—and completing his BA in English with Honors at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Brandon moved to New York and graduated top of his class from the Institute of Culinary Education. Upon graduation, Brandon worked at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and then began writing about food and beverage full time. Brandon’s reporting often focuses on farming, food history, and underrepresented voices in the food system. His work has appeared in Eater, Epicurious, Wine Enthusiast, and elsewhere, and was cited in the Other Distinguished Food Writing section of Best American Food writing 2023.

Education

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, English Language and Literature BA with University Honors
Institute of Culinary Education, Culinary Arts Diploma with Top Toque Award

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.