Location
Budapest, Hungary
School
University Of California — Santa Barbara
Expertise
Global Cuisine, Tokaj Wines, Street Food
- Nick served as editor-in-chief of Where Budapest Magazine and senior editor of We Love Budapest, covering the city's culture and burgeoning fine-dining scene.
- He has conducted in-depth interviews with chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants and many top Hungarian winemakers.
- In 2016, he attended the Bocuse d'Or Europe cooking competition in Budapest as an international correspondent.
Experience
Nick divides his time between the U.S. and Budapest and is currently a features editor for Tasting Table. He embarked on his international journalism career in 2000 by working as a research editor for Islands Magazine under the leadership of Joan Tapper, the founding editor of National Geographic Traveler. He later set forth on extended bohemian journeys across Mexico, the Greater Antilles, and Europe, where he first visited Budapest as a backpacker before residing in Hungary's capital as an expat for well over a decade. Following another long-term trip around Southeast Asia, Nick returned Stateside to work as a reporter for the Savannah Morning News, covering the pandemic and the 2020 U.S. election in Georgia. He was also the editor of David Copp's "Tokaj: a Companion for the Bibulous Traveller."
Education
Nick has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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