I’m all about making copy craveable
Here’s who I am
Heather Irwin is the dining editor for Sonoma Magazine and the Press Democrat and the founder of BiteClub, which jabs an irreverent fork at the restaurant scene in Sonoma County. An avid eater and writer, she more than 16 years of experience covering local restaurants, chefs and food and has been a journalist for more than 25 years.
Here’s some cred
She holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and has moved 36 times, settling in Sonoma County in 2003. Heather has two very quirky rescue dachshund that like to stare at her while laying on her pillow.
Here’s some other stuff I did
Heather is also the founder of Sonoma Family Meal, a disaster-based non-profit founded in the darkest hours of the 2017 Tubbs wildfire. Working directly with dozens of local chefs including Kyle Connaughton, Douglas Keane, a team of Stark reality restaurant chefs, and many others, SFM served more than 80,000 meals in the days, weeks and months after more than 5,000 homes were lost. During the pandemic, SFM served 250,00 meals in collaboration with 11 non-profit organizations to support vulnerable seniors, farm workers, families and those in quarantine and isolation. SFM supported local restaurants to prepare the food, paying out $1.7 million and keeping hundreds of restaurant workers employed. the organization has also recently built a 3,100 square foot emergency kitchen.
For that work, Heather has been a Jefferson Award Winner, Spirit of Sonoma Winner and was honored by the Community Child Care Council, among others.
“Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.”
– Gloria Steinem