Nilou Motamed is the Editor in Chief of Time Inc's Food & Wine.

A globally recognized food, travel, and lifestyle authoruty, Nilou is a frequent guest national television progrmas ranging from NBC Today to CNN.

She has served as the host of several TV series, including the restaurant review "Reservations Required" and the Travel Channel's "Travel Spies".

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Nilou Motamed boarded her first airplane when she was 4 months old, lived at Paris' legendary George V Hotel at age 7, and spoke three languages by her 10th birthday, She's had the travel bug ever since.

Now Nilou lives with her husband, Peter Jon Lindberg, who as a contributing editor at Condé Nast Traveler.

They met in 2000 while working at Travel + Leisure magazine and three years later they married.

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Born in Iran and raised in Paris and New York, Nilou attended State University of New York Binghamton and the Sorbonne in Paris and is fluent in four languages.

^[8]She had previously finished Scarsdale High School.

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Since 2016, Nilou is an Editor in Chief at Time Inc. ^[3]

From October, 2015-March, 2016, she was a Director of Inspiration at Conrad Hotels, where she helped create a new guest experience platform for 24 luxury properties around the world and to launch the brand’s website.

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Prior to that, she worked as an Editor in Chief at Epicurious.

In 2000-2013, she occupied a position of Features Director at Travel + Leisure, running the magazine's feature well and special platforms, and covering hotels, shopping, culture, design, and trends in the world of luxury travel.

She shaped Travel + Leisure's restaurants coverage and was the creator and driving force behind the brand's annual Food & Travel Issue.

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