Kae Whalen is a Los Angeles-based writer, event producer and Wine Personality : )
Her work with wine began in 2013 as a server at Isa and Diner in New York, then as the wine director at Kismet, Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson’s James Beard Award-nominated restaurant in Los Angeles.
She was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 (Food & Beverage) in 2020, an Eater Young Gun in 2019, and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, T Magazine, Eater, Pipette and Wine & Spirits, among others.
Since December 2025, she’s helmed the front of house and wine program at Anna Sonenshein and Niki Vahle’s acclaimed restaurant, Little Fish Melrose Hill.
