Clay Williams
Bio
Kayla Stewart is a James Beard Award-winning food and travel journalist, cookbook author and contributor to Food Network. She is the co-author of the James Beard-nominated, New York Times bestselling cookbook, “Gullah Geechee Home Cooking: Recipes from the Matriarch of Edisto Island,” and is working on a cookbook with chef Christopher Williams about Black cuisine in Texas for Ten Speed Press.
Highlights
- 5+ years of experience as a freelance food and travel reporter
- Former Fulbright Scholar in Indonesia
- Won the UC Berkeley-11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship
- Guest speaker at the 2021 Southern Foodways Alliance Fall Symposium
- Received a notable mention in the 2021 edition of "Best American Food Writing"
Experience
Kayla was formerly an adjunct professor at New York University, where she taught a course on food writing. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Eater, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine and others. Her piece, “The Sweetest Harvest,” won the 2023 James Beard Foundation Profile Award, and her story, “Teach a Man to Fish,” was anthologized in the 2023 edition of Best American Food Writing.
Education
Kayla received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Houston and holds a joint master’s degree in International Relations and Journalism from New York University.
