Ben Drinkwater is a culture, food and travel writer based in London.

He currently works as a Senior Editor at CNN, and has contributed to Esquire, Monocle, Euronews and Table where he predominantly writes features, essays, criticism and memoir.

His Substack, An Alphabet for (Modern) Gourmets, reimagined M.F.K. Fisher’s seminal 1949 essay series for a contemporary audience. Over two years, the project grew to a readership of more than 4,000.

Ben has a B.A. from Leeds University, and was recently shortlisted for the British Library Food Stories Fellowship.