Kate Leahy

Current

• Co-author at Common Threads Cookbook
• Freelance at Fodor's Chicago guidebooks
• Editor at Restaurants & Institutions

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Past

• Co-author at A16 Food + Wine
• Line Cook at A16
• Line Cook at Terra

• Intern/Line Cook at Radius Restaurant

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Education

• Northwestern University-- Medill
• Napa Valley Cooking School
• University of California, Davis

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Connections

139 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company
• My Book
• My Twitter Page

Kate Leahy’s Experience

• Co-author

  Common Threads Cookbook

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year 2 months)

• Freelance

  Fodor's Chicago guidebooks

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years 2 months)

• Editor

  Restaurants & Institutions

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  February 2006 — Present (4 years 1 month)

• Co-author

  A16 Food + Wine

  (Publishing industry)

  September 2008 — September 2008 (1 month)

  Co-authored A16 Food + Wine (Ten Speed Press) with Chef Nate Appleman and Wine Director Shelley Lindgren

• Line Cook

  A16

  (Restaurants industry)

  May 2004 — December 2004 (8 months)

• Line Cook

  Terra

  (Restaurants industry)

  February 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 3 months)

• Intern/Line Cook

  Radius Restaurant

  (Restaurants industry)

  June 2002 — December 2002 (7 months)

Kate Leahy’s Education

• Northwestern University-- Medill

  MSJ , Journalism , 2005 — 2006

• Napa Valley Cooking School

  Certificate , Culinary Arts , 2001 — 2002

• University of California, Davis

  BA , History, Art , 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  UCDavis Lacrosse

Additional Information

Kate Leahy’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Book
• My Twitter Page

Kate Leahy’s Groups:

•    LinkEds & writers
•    Medill Alumni
•    International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)

Kate Leahy’s Honors:

2000 Phi Beta Kappa
2002 Chalone Wine Foundation Scholarship
2007 Fellowship -- Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley
2008 ASBPE "Magazine of the Year"
2009 IACP Book of the year and First Book award (A16 Food + Wine)

Kate Leahy’s Contact Settings

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