Randi Gollin

Randi Gollin, Freelance Writer
Location: Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn-based writer and editor Randi Gollin is passionate about discovering emerging food trends and exploring restaurants, specialty grocers, and boutiques in nearby neighborhoods and on occasional trips abroad.

Highlights:

  • 20+ years of experience covering food and dining professionally
  • Contributed stories to Edible Brooklyn, Mashed, TourRadar's Days to Come Magazine, This Old House, Rodale’s Organic Life, Vintage Magazine, and The Washington Post
  • Former Blog Dining Editor and Senior Content Strategist at Google 
  • Former Senior Editor at Zagat covering restaurants in select cities
  • Co-founder of Zagat's NYC Shopping Guide


Experience

Randi Gollin has written about food, travel, shopping, and business topics for magazines, digital publications, and tech and media brands for over 20 years.

She spent nearly eight years working as a Senior Content Strategist and Blog Editor for Google, where she created and implemented travel, shopping, and dining content for Google Maps, and assigned and wrote stories for Google Dining/Zagat.

Randi's past positions include Senior Editor at Zagat Survey, Executive Editor at the startup publication, Foodie, and Daily News Writer at MTV News.

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