Sona Bahadur is an independent journalist with over twenty years of experience, author, and gastronomic travel expert. She has a master’s degree in magazine journalism from the University of Missouri and a diploma in Advanced Studies in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris. She is the former editor of BBC Good Food India, India’s first international food magazine.
Working at the intersection of food, travel, culture, and media, Bahadur has designed and curated a culinary travel vertical for Cox & Kings as chief content officer, been a consulting editor for Le Cordon Bleu Online Learning, and taught food journalism at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, as a guest lecturer. She won the 2016 Le Cordon Bleu Scholarship for the Hautes Etudes du Goût programme. Her writing has appeared in leading national and international publications including the Associated Press, Indian Express, Columbia Missourian, Condé Nast Traveller India, National Geographic Traveller India, Travel + Leisure, Scroll, Quartz, Mint Lounge, and Mumbai Mirror.
She lives in Mumbai.