Helen Mitternight

Helen Mitternight is a former AP reporter and current freelancer living in downtown Charleston. Her work has appeared in the Charleston's Post and Courier, Charleston Magazine, Local Palate, Edible Charleston,  and HealthLinks Magazine, among others. She produces and hosts two national podcasts, “Hidden F&B,” highlighting the hidden heroes of food and beverage, and “Keep it Juicy!” a lifestyle podcast for over-40s. She is the current president of the Charleston chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an international philanthropic organization for women in food, beverage and hospitality. Helen grew up eating food prepared by a country Southern grandma on her dad’s side and a Sicilian grandmother on her mother’s, and her best memories involve food.