Pete Wells

Pete Wells is the restaurant critic for The New York Times.[1] He has held the position since November 2011, succeeding Sam Sifton.[1]

Wells was adopted as an infant and grew up in Rhode Island. He is married to the novelist Susan Choi; they met while working as fact-checkers for The New Yorker.[2] From 1999–2001 Wells was a columnist and editor for Food & Wine.[3] Wells was articles editors at Details from 2001 until 2006, when he joined the Times as dining editor.[3] Wells is the recipient of five James Beard awards for food writing.[3]

Wells's scathing 14 November 2012 review of Guy Fieri's American Kitchen and Bar was described by Larry Olmsted of Forbes as "the most scathing review in the history of the New York Times", and "likely the most widely read restaurant review ever."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pete Wells, Restaurant Critic, Answers Readers’ Questions". The New York Times. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Parker, Ian (12 September 2016). "Knives Out: Pete Wells, the Times' Restaurant Critic, wants to have fun -- or else". The New Yorker (p. 46-55).
  3. 1 2 3 "Talk to the Newsroom: Dining Editor Pete Wells". The New York Times. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Olmstead, Larry (5 December 2012). "Tables Turned - Top Chefs Review Pete Wells And Other Restaurant Critics". Forbes. Retrieved 7 January 2013.


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