Mary Cate McMillon

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Location
Los Angeles, CA
School
Pepperdine University
Expertise
American Farm-to-Table Hotels, Seasonal Dinner Parties, Desserts
  • Mary Cate has a passion for traveling just to try new foods. Whether it's bouillabaisse in Marseilles or chicken congee in the Philippines, she's sampling all the local flavors from her first step off the plane.
  • She has a tendency to show up on media trips with a culinary focus — from sampling Texas wine at Grapevine's GrapeFest to finding unexpected fine dining in the Nevada desert.
  • She's watched every episode of the "Great British Baking Show" countless times.

Experience

Mary Cate is an experienced food and travel writer, and her work has appeared in multiple publications, including International Traveller, Paper City, The Good Trade, ROVA Magazine, and more. She interned as an editorial assistant at both Australian Traveller and D Magazine, where she wrote restaurant reviews and city food guides. More than three years of writing weekly articles for luxury travel company All Roads North made her well-versed in the American world of food and wine. She has countless interviews under her belt with boutique Texas distillers, Native American food truck owners, and foraged food-focused hoteliers.

Education

Mary Cate graduated with her journalism and multimedia design degrees from Pepperdine University. She spent her sophomore year studying abroad in London and eating her way through Europe.
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