Bill Addison

HRN Hall of Fame: Bill Addison


Nominated by: HRN Happy Hour

Bill Addison is a James Beard Award-winning restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times. He started as a pastry chef in Atlanta in his 20s, but moved to writing expertly and eloquently about food soon after. After serving as restaurant critic at the Dallas Morning News and the San Francisco Chronicle, he joined the staff at EATER, and traveled constantly to document every facet of America’s ever-changing dining culture. He recently told the Los Angeles Times that if he wasn’t a restaurant critic, he would be a spy for the CIA.

Appearances on HRN:

Hrn Happy Hour: Bill Addison & Priya Krishna