Taylor Murray

Title: Serious Eats Contributor

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Education: Johnson and Wales University

Expertise: Farm-to-Table Cuisine

Taylor has 6 years of experience in food media, working in both recipe development and product testing. Before switching to food media, she worked for over 10 years as a line cook in all sections of the kitchen in various restaurants (and even a short stint in the front-of-house).

Highlights:

Taylor spent 10+ years working in high-end restaurants as a cook, including Eleven Madison Park
She has written for outlets such as Food52, Food Network, Good Housekeeping, Country Living, Tasting Table, and Women's Health

Experience

Starting in 2009, I started working as a line cook in restaurants in the Denver area, eventually working my way up to sous chef at places like Mercantile Dining and Provisions and Frasca Food and Wine.
I later joined the team at Eleven Madison Park where I worked as a chef de commis to help with the reopening following the closure in the summer of 2017.

From there, I went on to work as a test kitchen assistant at Food52, then was hired to do the same role at Hearst Magazines. Here, I worked on the food content for all Hearst brands, including Good Housekeeping, Women's Health, Woman's Day, Prevention, and Country Living.
Starting in 2019, I started working as a freelance writer, contributing to new verticals in outlets like Food Network and Tasting Table, along with Serious Eats.

Education

Taylor received a Bachelor's of Science from Johnson and Wales University in Culinary Nutrition and studied literature at Bennington College.

About Serious Eats

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