Jen Royle


Jennifer L. "Jen" Royle is a former American sports reporter and writer who is best known for working for the YES Network as a New York-based reporter for the MLB New York Yankees baseball team from 2003-2006. She is also known as a chef and contestant on ABC's The Taste and Food Network's Beat Bobby Flay.

Early life and education

Royle, a native of Mansfield, Massachusetts was born to Francis K. "Frank" Royle and Dianne Royle. She attended Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Massachusetts and graduated in 1992. Later that year, she attended Salve Regina University and graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree.

Sports Reporter Career

In 2003, her career began when she was hired as a clubhouse reporter by the YES Network where she would be a regular broadcaster to the New York Yankees before departing in 2006. Her very first interview was at a locker room at the old Yankee Stadium, where she would ask players questions after the game between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
After three years working at YES, she worked for the MLB Advanced Media, providing coverage from the New York Yankees clubhouse – regular season and postseason games. Conducted exclusive one-on-one on-camera interviews with various Yankees & MLB players, managers and coaches. In May 2008, she joined XM Satellite Radio where she would be reporting two New York City baseball teams such as the New York Yankees and the New York Mets before leaving in 2009. A year later, she joined MASN, a Baltimore/Washington D.C. based regional sports network for broadcasting the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. She then moved on to CBS Radio where she became a beat reporter/radio co-host for the Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens, which is called "The Fan" on 105.7 in Baltimore, Maryland.
A year prior, she would work for the SB Nation as an MLB Columnist in 5 months before leaving in 2012. Next year later, she would joined WEEI-FM, a radio station based in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where she served as radio talk show host. Same year later, she joined the Boston Herald, serving as a news reporter for covering the Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and the New England Patriots.

Culinary career

Royle appeared in season three of the ABC cooking show The Taste and that's when she made the decision to focus exclusively on cooking. She worked at Mario Batali’s Babbo in the Seaport, then launched a private cooking company.
In January 2019, she launched a new career as a chef with the opening of a restaurant in Boston.

Personal life

She has two brothers. Royle’s father died in 2006 due to complications of lung cancer.