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The VIP List is an American restaurant critic duo composed of Meg Radice and Audrey Jongens, [1] who are active on the video sharing platform TikTok. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Radice and Jongens became friends in high school. [1] [2]
After college, Jongens worked as a hostess while Radice worked for a wealth management firm. [3]
The duo began posting on TikTok in early 2020, where they quickly gained a following posting reviews of nightclubs; they later switched to reviewing restaurants. [1] [3] The two ultimately quit their jobs to focus on TikTok full time. [3] By October 2021 they had accumulated 366,000 followers; by February 2022, this had increased to 387,000 followers. [1] [7]
Radice and Jongens live in NYC. [3]
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