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
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Joan Roca; garum in a jar
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Shellfish dish
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The Londoner Hotel Has a Cocktail Bar Devoted to Champagne
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Almanac Barcelona - Azimuth Rooftop
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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
Whiskies Around the World
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This Parisian Hotel Hosted Picasso's Wedding Reception — And It's Still One of the Best Hotels in the City
This Parisian Hotel Hosted Picasso's Wedding Reception, and It's Still One of the Best Places to Stay in the City
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Historic former Red Lion pub in Melksham, Wiltshire, England
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Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort
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The Tack Room at Adare Manor
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Irish Buck Cocktail
Skip the ‘Party Drinks’ This St. Patrick’s Day and Mix Up a Classic Irish Cocktail Instead
Tipperary Cocktail Recipe
Tipperary Cocktail
5 mins
Bertie's Bar at The Fife Arms
Tour a Whisky Library in the Scottish Highlands With Hundreds of Bottles
Buffalo, New York
The Best Chicken Wings in the Country Started Out of a Knights of Columbus in Buffalo
The Whiskey Library at Carton House
This Luxe Countryside Hotel in Ireland Has a Hidden Two-Story Whiskey Library
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain Once Said This Restaurant in Paris Was a Must-Visit, Second Only to the Eiffel Tower
Beer-Battered Fish Tacos
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Twiggs
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