Nicole Papantoniou
Kitchen Appliances Lab Director
Nicole (she/her) is the senior director of the Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchen & Cooking Lab. She oversees all content and testing related to kitchen products, food, and recipes. She has worked at GH since 2019, and is a trained cook, published recipe developer, and seasoned product tester with nearly 15 years of experience. She has worked in test kitchens for national magazines and kitchen appliances brands, where she also helped develop products for the home cook. She earned a degree in journalism from SUNY New Paltz, graduated with a Grand Diplome in Classic Culinary Arts from the French Culinary Institute, and studied culinary nutrition at the Natural Gourmet Institute (both now part of the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City.)
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Latest from Nicole Papantoniou
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8 Refrigerator Mistakes Experts Warn Could Be Raising Your Energy Bill
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4 Best Gas and Charcoal Combo Grills, Reviewed by Grilling Experts
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4 Best Cooking Tool Sets, Tested and Reviewed
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Fellow’s New Series 1 Espresso Machine Lets You Easily Pull Shots or Experiment Like a Coffee Scientist
You no longer have to choose between effortless brewing or full manual control—this machine does both.
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