Claire Ballor

Claire is a freelance food reporter and writer who graduated from the School of Cooking Arts Cordon Bleu in Florence. She has published over 1,000 articles.

Highlights:
- Staff food reporter for The Dallas Morning News
- Attended the School of Cooking Arts Cordon Bleu in Italy
- Graduated from the University of Dallas

Experience: Claire Ballor has been a reporter for six years and is currently the food reporter for The Dallas Morning News.

Claire has over 1,000 articles featured in publications, including The Dallas Morning News, Yahoo Finance, Allrecipes, MyDomaine, Austin Business Journal, Barrington Courier-Review, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Business Journal, Denver Business Journal, Houston Business Journal, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Houston Chronicle, and more.

After her getting her undergraduate degree, Claire attended the School of Cooking Arts Cordon Bleu in Florence in 2019, where she graduated from the accelerated professional culinary program on traditional Italian cuisine. She is based in Dallas.

Education: Claire received her bachelor's in English, journalism, and international studies from the University of Dallas and studied culinary arts at the Scuola di Arte Culinaria Cordon Bleu.