Simone Paget

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Location
Victoria, BC, Canada
School
University Of Toronto, George Brown College
Expertise
Food Trends, Street Food, Food And Pop Culture
  • Simone is a nationally syndicated columnist with the Toronto Sun and has written for Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, The Washington Post, and more.
  • In 2016 she travelled to Los Angeles where she spent 17 days eating as many of the city's highest-rated tacos as possible.
  • She collects cookbooks — the more offbeat the better — and is currently working her way through, "Cooking with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price."

Experience

Simone is an experienced food writer based on the West coast of Canada. She began her career at The Food Network Canada, where she wrote about the intersection of food and pop culture. Over the past decade, she's contributed to Chowhound, Montecristo, and the Toronto Sun, covering everything from how to make restaurant quality ramen at home to where to find the best street tacos in Puerto Vallarta. As a writer for The Knot, Simone wrote a deep dive on the KitchenAid Mixer and educated readers on the best culinary-themed wedding gifts. A life-long foodie, Simone believes eating should be a fun adventure. When she's not obsessing over what to eat next, she authors Love, Peace and Tacos, a newsletter that brings together her two loves: food and travel.

Education

Simone has a bachelor's degree in English and Linguistic Anthropology from the University of Toronto. She's also a graduate of the Theatre Arts Careers program at George Brown College, in Toronto.

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