Bio
Layla Khoury-Hanold has been a contributing writer at Food Network since 2015 and has written more than 300 stories. She covers dining and food trends, writes restaurant and travel guides, tests kitchen products to find the best in category and creates shopping guides. She is a James Beard Award nominated journalist and has written for Food52, Condé Nast Traveler, Food Network, Vine Pair, The Chicago Tribune and Refinery29, among others.
Experience
More than 12 years’ experience as a freelance food, travel and lifestyle journalist. Food editor at INDY Week, an alternative-weekly newspaper covering Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, N.C. Marketing and communications coordinator at Scripps Networks International for lifestyle brands like Food Network, Travel Channel and HGTV.
Education
Completed Techniques of Fine Cooking I at the Institute of Culinary Education in N.Y.C. Earned a B.A. in Marketing and French from Northern Michigan University and a Professional Certificate in Fashion Marketing, Merchandising and Communication from ESMOD International in Paris.
