Jenn Tanaka

Jenn Tanaka is Coast magazine's managing print and digital editor. A southern California native, who studied under Pulitzer prize winning writer Barry Siegel, Jenn was among UC Irvine's first literary journalism graduates. She went on to work with Gail Simmons at Food & Wine magazine before accepting a position at The New Yorker.
Jenn earned a culinary arts degree at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York and cooked in a number of high-end restaurants with industry elites, including chef John Fraser, a mentee of Thomas Keller. Fraser's restaurant, Dovetail, earned a Michelin star while Jenn cooked there. She then went on to help Ruth Reichl and Francis Lam curate the culinary driven website, GiltTaste.com by Gilt Groupe.
She currently lives in Orange County, writes about food/fashion/cocktails, and travels the world with her family. Follow her adventures on Instagram.com/jenn.tanaka/