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Pete Wells
Restaurant critic
Pete Wells | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Andrew Wells 1963 (age 61–62) |
| Occupation | Restaurant critic |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Spouse | Susan Choi (m. 2003; div. 2016) |
For other uses, see Peter Wells.
Peter Andrew Wells (born 1963) is an American journalist who was the restaurant critic for The New York Times from 2011 to 2024.[1][2]
Early life and career
Wells was adopted as an infant by Shirley and Raymond Wells and grew up in Rhode Island.[3][4] He attended Cumberland High School during a period in which student Aaron Fricke successfully sued the high school on First Amendment grounds over a rule against same-sex prom dates.[5] Wells later attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1985 as a history major.[3] After school, Wells freelanced as fact-checker for The New Yorker and