James Caldwell

James Caldwell

James Caldwell trained at the Culinary Institute of America and spent six years as a line cook and sous chef before pivoting to food writing and product testing. He has an obsessive interest in kitchen equipment — the kind that leads to owning seven different blenders and testing every major stand mixer on the market. James approaches kitchen and cooking product reviews the way a chef approaches a recipe: with precision, repeatability, and zero tolerance for marketing fluff. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he cooks elaborate Sunday dinners and writes about the gear that makes them possible.