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Nick Fauchald
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i. Biography
Nick Fauchald’s work sits at the editorial end of food media: writing, editing, and publishing across titles that demand different registers of voice, pace, and authority. Every Day with Rachael Ray, and Tasting Table all mark that range, with Tasting Table carrying an additional distinction in his tenure as inaugural editor in chief. Cocktail Codex is notable in the record not as a sidebar but as a defining book credit, taking the 2019 James Beard Award for Book of the Year and becoming the first beverage book ever to do so. On Short Stack, Fauchald named the appeal of the format directly: “Short Stack was a way for me to work on a purely print-based project.”
The Path
At St. Olaf College, the groundwork was academic; in the editorial rooms that followed, the craft became practical. Fauchald worked as editor at Food & Wine, then at Wine Spectator, then at Every Day with Rachael Ray, each position extending the same core skill set into a different publication culture. The move to inaugural editor in chief at Tasting Table placed him in a role where editorial judgment extended beyond copy to the overall shape and standard of the magazine. Those roles map a career built through repetition and scale rather than a single defining post. Editing, curation, and publication form the throughline in Nick Fauchald’s work, with the page itself as the site where those decisions land.
The Work Today
He works today as a writer, editor, and publisher. That combination keeps the process close at hand: drafting, editing, and bringing a project to its finished form remain connected rather than split across different jobs. In practice, it means moving between sentence-level decisions and the larger logic of a finished book or publication. His line on Short Stack is the clearest shorthand for that preference: “Short Stack was a way for me to work on a purely print-based project.” The statement is plain, and that is the point. Print offers a bounded format, a fixed object, and a place where editorial choices have to hold on the page.
Signature
Nick's signature dishes include Cocktail Codex and Death & Co Modern Classic Cocktails.
In Their Words “Short Stack was a way for me to work on a purely print-based project.”
Acclaim
Nick's honors include James Beard Award, Book of the Year (2019).
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Nick Fauchald's current role?
As of 2026, Nick Fauchald is a writer.
Where did Nick Fauchald train or study?
Nick Fauchald trained at St. Olaf College.
What recognition has Nick Fauchald received?
James Beard Award, Book of the Year (2019).
