Sean Flynn

Portrait of Sean Flynn
Title: Senior Editorial Director, Food & Wine
Location: New York City
Expertise: luxury travel, food, cocktails, and spirits

Sean Flynn has spent the past 17 years working across digital, print, broadcast, and radio, covering food and drink, travel, architecture, and immigration. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Edible, Afar, Travel + Leisure, and Condé Nast Traveler, among others.

Experience

Sean Flynn has written for a number of the world's most highly regarded travel and food publications. He's also held editorial positions as esteemed publications like Travel + Leisure, Departures, and Condé Nast Traveler, in addition to his current role at Food & Wine. During the course of his career, Flynn has assigned and edited immersive features from award-winning journalists, conceptualized brand defining editorial franchises, and traveled the world to conduct interviews, produce and host videos, and shoot photos. For the past two decades he has written at length about luxury travel, food, chefs, spirits, and cocktails.

Education

Flynn received his Bachelor's in English and history at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York and his Master's at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. He has also taken master's classes in integrated marketing communication.

About Food & Wine

Food & Wine, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is an award-winning online resource for anyone passionate about the culinary world. With rigorously tested recipes and the most trusted restaurant, drinks, culinary travel and home coverage, we inspire and empower people everywhere to discover, create, and devour the best in food and wine. Learn more about us and our editorial process.

Latest from Sean Flynn

An illustration with wine, food, trains, ice cream sundaes, cheese, steak, and mountains.
Where We're Eating: Our Favorite Culinary Experiences Around the Globe
the Grand Riad at the Royal Mansour Marrakech
In Morocco, One of the World’s Grandest Resort Brands Is Expanding With New Properties — Here’s an Inside Look
Seating at Outline.
Mexico City Welcomes a New Cocktail Bar From a Team Behind Some of the Most Awarded Bars in the World
Interior of Bar Raval in Toronto, Canada with wood walls, tin ceilings and a stocked bar.
How One Canadian City Became the Epicenter for Cocktail Innovation
Dine in a Bucolic Courtyard in the Center of Paris at This Luxe Hotel
Spend a Day in the French Countryside Without Leaving Paris at This Stunning Courtyard Restaurant
The Whiskey Library at Carton House
Inside a Hidden Two-Story Whiskey Library in a Countryside Irish Manor
Scott Blackwell and staff of High Wire Distilling Co. examining an ears of Jimmy red corn.
How an Award-Winning Distillery Helped Saved a Grain From Near Extinction
The Wauwinet Lady boat docked at the Wauwinet Hotel in Nantucket.
Add This Nantucket Water Excursion to Your Summer Wish List
bartenders making martinis at Connaught Bar in London
Why London's Hotel Bars Are the Best There Is Right Now
A split image of the inside of a restaurant and a design text for Global Tastemakers
Food & Wine 2024 Global Tastemakers
An exterior view of The Fife Arms in the winter time
How a 170-Year-Old Restored Victorian Coaching Inn Became the Home to One of the Best Bars in the World
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain Once Said This Restaurant in Paris Was a Must-Visit, Second Only to the Eiffel Tower
Mr. J
Skip the ‘Party Drinks’ This St. Patrick’s Day and Mix Up a Classic Irish Cocktail Instead
Padma Lakshmi
For Padma Lakshmi, Entertaining Is About Building Connection
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Padma Lakshmi Has the Perfect Trick for Sparking Conversation at a Party
Spatchcocked Smoke Turkey
26 Thanksgiving Recipes Our Editors Make Every Year
Chocolate-Frosted Cake Cookies
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Chelsea Hotel gets a makeover
An NYC Rock 'n' Roll Institution Steps Into Its Second Act
Joan Roca; garum in a jar
One of the Best Restaurants in the World Has a Literal Secret Sauce
Shellfish dish
Our Favorite Places to Eat, Sleep, and Explore in Napa Valley
The Londoner Hotel Has a Cocktail Bar Devoted to Champagne
Heading to London? Stop for a Tipple at This Bar Dedicated to Champagne Cocktails
They've Just Created a Worse Seat Than a Middle Seat on an Airplane
There's a New Proposed Airplane Seat Design That's Way Worse Than the Middle Seat
Almanac Barcelona - Azimuth Rooftop
The Best Views in Barcelona Come With a Cocktail
This Inexpensive Trader Joe's Canned Good Is My Go-to Party Appetizer
This Trader Joe's Canned Good Is My Favorite Appetizer to Bring to Parties — and It Requires No Prep