Vanessa Gordon

Vanessa Gordon is a Hamptons-based luxury event producer, publisher, and hospitality expert. She is the CEO and Founder of East End Taste, a media and experiential company specializing in event production, brand activations, hospitality, editorial storytelling, and culinary travel. She is also the Founder and Producer of the Hamptons Interactive Brunch, an annual event series that brings together entrepreneurs, creatives, tastemakers, and industry leaders.

Vanessa’s professional career spans more than ten years across publishing, journalism, experiential events, and brand strategy. Originally from a creative writing background, she wrote her first realistic fiction novel at thirteen and published it at seventeen, along with a children’s book. Today, she leads East End Taste’s strategic direction while producing distinctive experiences for brands, businesses, and private clients in the Hamptons, New York City, and select destinations.

As a year-round East Hampton resident, Vanessa is regularly called upon for her expertise in events, hospitality, travel, entrepreneurship, personal finance, parenting, and Hamptons lifestyle. She has been featured in Reader’s Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, The New York Times, CNN, Yahoo!, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Parents, The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, BBC, GQ, and other national and international media outlets.

Her articles and essays have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Parents, Psychology Today, Hamptons Magazine, HC&G, Thrillist, and Business Insider. Through her work, Vanessa brings together her editorial background, extensive network, and event-production expertise to create experiences and stories that continue to resonate long after the initial moment.