Kelly Vaughan is an IACP-nominated food writer, editor, and former line cook. She is currently the Recipe Editor at The TODAY Show. Previously, she was an editor and writer at Food52 and Martha Stewart Living. Her writing has appeared across digital and print publications including Allrecipes, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Food & Wine, Forbes Vetted, Kitchn, Real Simple, and more.

Her 2018 Hartford Magazine cover story “Hot Stuff: Your Guide to Everything Smoky, Saucy, and Sloppy” was awarded 2nd place in the Leisure category of the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism contest.

Beyond writing, Kelly acted as an on-air food host during her tenure at Martha Stewart Living and was a recurring food guest on NBC Connecticut’s lifestyle show CT Live and WFSB’s daytime talk show Better Connecticut. She gained hands-on culinary experience while working as line cook at Àvert Brasserie in West Hartford, Connecticut where she ate dozens (possibly hundreds) of macarons and endless handfuls of pommes frites.

Kelly studied American Studies and English at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (go bantams!). She lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband.