<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9393435" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="claire-saffitz">Claire Saffitz</keyword>, a contributing editor and YouTube personality at Bon Appétit, is the latest person to speak out against a <keyword id="24504" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="culture">culture</keyword> that employees of color have called "toxic."</li><li>In an Instagram post, she said she was aware of some of the "racist, secret, and ultra-competitive" behavior in the workplace, but she'd "missed" critical instances of discrimination.</li><li>The pastry chef said she planned to "do the work of repair" to earn her colleagues' respect as an ally.</li><li>Saffitz's note follows a turbulent week for Condé Nast and Bon Appétit, as multiple employees have made — or been subjects of — accusations of discrimination. </li></ul>Following a flurry of accusations of discrimination at Condé Nast's elite <keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Food">food</keyword> publication Bon Appétit, another high-profile personality associated with the brand is condemning the company's behavior. Contributing editor Claire Saffitz, a pastry chef who has developed an enthusiastic fandom after starring in several of Bon Appétit's YouTube series, is the latest food personality to speak out against the culture that former and current employees have called "toxic" and riddled with microaggressions. In an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTz1adjppL/?igshid=i94ex58mpekt">post</a> on Thursday, the "Gourmet Makes" host wrote that she had spent the past few days "searching for words" to address the ongoing controversy surrounding the publication. Ultimately, she said, she rejected the advice she'd been given about how to handle the situation in order to avoid re-sharing the "trite and hollow" promises about "listening" and "doing better."Statements of solidarity, she continued, "don't matter without sustained and meaningful action.""The point of this post is not to perform an apology or save face, it's not about view counts or likes," she wrote. "It's about complicity and accountability."As an employee, she revealed, she was aware of some of the "toxic, racist, secret, and ultra-competitive" environment at Bon Appétit, but she also "missed a lot.""I should have seen it earlier and used my platform and clout to push back against leadership," she wrote, acknowledging that her privilege — racial, educational, and economic — helped her "enter and succeed in a toxic system."She went on to address some of the specific accusations made by her colleagues, Sohla El-Waylly and Christina Chaey, who wrote in recent Instagram stories that they were not compensated for their video work. Saffitz said that as a freelance video host, she "exempted [herself] from action," failing to inquire further about her colleagues' compensation when inviting them to appear in her "Gourmet Makes" videos."I valued the talent and skill of the crew behind the scenes as well, but didn't act to make their work more recognized," she said of her behavior. Ultimately, Saffitz said, she felt "deeply sh---y" about the situation, but pledged to put her feelings aside to "do the work of repair.""I only hope that through sustained learning/unlearning/relearning I can better show up for people who I deeply respect, and eventually earn their respect as an ally," she concluded. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTz1adjppL" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Claire Saffitz (@csaffitz)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-06-11T21:15:22+00:00">Jun 11, 2020 at 2:15pm PDT</time></div></blockquote>The post appeared to resonate with Saffitz's fans and colleagues alike. "I see you and see the hard work you're engaging in offline," Chaey commented on the post, adding two heart emojis. "Appreciate you not using this as a chance for everyone to pity you or use 'white tears,'" one commenter wrote. "Hopeful that good changes are coming."<h2>Saffitz's post follows a tumultuous week for Bon Appétit in which high-profile leaders at the publication have been accused of discriminatory behavior and employees have called the outlet's work environment "toxic" for people of color. </h2>On Monday, a photo of <keyword id="1173135" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bon-Appetit">Bon Appetit</keyword> editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport's offensive Halloween costume from 2004 surfaced online, sparking outrage and beginning a larger conversation about the publication's alleged history of inequality. Rapoport resigned later that evening.Later in the week, problematic social media posts from other employees at the publication began circulating online. Alex Delany, the drinks editor at Bon Appétit, stirred up controversy when a Twitter user unearthed a 2010 photo from his Tumblr account featuring a <a href="https://www.insider.com/confederate-flag-cake-bon-appetit-editor-resurfaces-2020-6">Confederate-flag cake</a>. The same day, Eater staff writer Elazar Sontag unearthed a 2013 Vine Video in which Delany used a <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-alex-delany-vine-slur-andy-baraghani-antoni-porowski-2020-6">homophobic slur</a>. Meanwhile, another Twitter user shared old tweets from Condé Nast executive Matt Duckor that contained <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-matt-duckor-offensive-tweets-conde-nast-reckoning-continues-2020-6">homophobic and racist jokes</a>. Both Delany and Duckor apologized for the offensive content — and Duckor left the company, according to an email from Condé Nast Entertainment's president, Oren Katzeff, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conde-nast-matt-duckor-leaves-company-backlash-diversity-2020-6">obtained</a> by Business Insider.14 former and current employees of the company <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">told Business Insider's Rachel Premack</a> that they felt personally and professionally "slighted" while at the company, receiving contracts that were inferior to their white colleagues' and being excluded from "professional and social groups."On Thursday, Bon Appétit issued a <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/story/where-we-go-from-here">statement</a> about the outlet's plans to "take ownership" of its mistakes and change its culture, centering nonwhite narratives and content and rebuilding trust among staff and freelancers. "This is just the start," the statement read. "We want to be transparent, accountable, and active as we begin to dismantle racism at our brands."Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">Bon Appétit's editor in chief just resigned — but staffers of color say there's a 'toxic' culture of microaggressions and exclusion that runs far deeper than one man</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-christina-chaey-speaks-out-about-alleged-pay-inequity-2020-6">Bon Appétit editor Christina Chaey says she was not paid 'a single dollar' for her Test Kitchen video appearances</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-apptit-timeline-allegations-drama-culture-race-andy-alex-sohla-2020-6">Bon Appétit's week from hell: How a deluge of allegations depicting a 'toxic' work culture left the magazine in chaos</a>

Bon Appétit star Claire Saffitz says she was 'aware of the toxic, racist' culture at the publication

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9393435" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="claire-saffitz">Claire Saffitz</keyword>, a contributing editor and YouTube personality at Bon Appétit, is the lastest person to speak out against a <keyword id="24504" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="culture">culture</keyword> that employees of color have called "toxic."</li><li>In an Instagram post, she said she was aware of some of the "racist, secret, and ultra-competitive" behavior in the workplace, but she'd "missed" critical instances of discrimination.</li><li>The pastry chef said she planned to "do the work of repair" to earn her colleagues' respect as an ally.</li><li>Saffitz's note follows a turbulent week for Condé Nast and Bon Appétit, as multiple employees have made — or been subjects of — accusations of discrimination. </li></ul>Following a flurry of accusations of discrimination at Condé Nast's elite <keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Food">food</keyword> publication Bon Appétit, another high-profile personality associated with the brand is condemning the company's behavior. Contributing editor Claire Saffitz, a pastry chef who has developed an enthusiastic fandom after starring in several of Bon Appétit's YouTube series, is the latest food personality to speak out against the culture that former and current employees have called "toxic" and riddled with microaggressions. In an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTz1adjppL/?igshid=i94ex58mpekt">post</a> on Thursday, the "Gourmet Makes" host wrote that she had spent the past few days "searching for words" to address the ongoing controversy surrounding the publication. Ultimately, she said, she rejected the advice she'd been given about how to handle the situation in order to avoid re-sharing the "trite and hollow" promises about "listening" and "doing better."Statements of solidarity, she continued, "don't matter without sustained and meaningful action.""The point of this post is not to perform an apology or save face, it's not about view counts or likes," she wrote. "It's about complicity and accountability."As an employee, she revealed, she was aware of some of the "toxic, racist, secret, and ultra-competitive" environment at Bon Appétit, but she also "missed a lot.""I should have seen it earlier and used my platform and clout to push back against leadership," she wrote, acknowledging that her privilege — racial, educational, and economic — helped her "enter and succeed in a toxic system."She went on to address some of the specific accusations made by her colleagues, Sohla El-Waylly and Christina Chaey, who wrote in recent Instagram stories that they were not compensated for their video work. Saffitz said that as a freelance video host, she "exempted [herself] from action," failing to inquire further about her colleagues' compensation when inviting them to appear in her Gourmet Makes videos."I valued the talent and skill of the crew behind the scenes as well, but didn't act to make their work more recognized," she said of her behavior. Ultimately, Saffitz said, she felt "deeply sh---y" about the situation, but pledged to put her feelings aside to "do the work of repair.""I only hope that through sustained learning/unlearning/relearning I can better show up for people who I deeply respect, and eventually earn their respect as an ally," she concluded. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTz1adjppL" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Claire Saffitz (@csaffitz)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-06-11T21:15:22+00:00">Jun 11, 2020 at 2:15pm PDT</time></div></blockquote>The post appeared to resonate with Saffitz's fans and colleagues alike. "I see you and see the hard work you're engaging in offline," Chaey commented on the post, adding two heart emojis. "Appreciate you not using this as a chance for everyone to pitty you or use 'white tears,'" one commenter wrote. "Hopeful that good changes are coming."<h2>Saffitz's post follows a tumultuous week for Bon Appétit in which high-profile leaders at the publication have been accused of discriminatory behavior and employees have called the outlet's work environment "toxic" for people of color. </h2>On Monday, a photo of <keyword id="1173135" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bon-Appetit">Bon Appetit</keyword> editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport's offensive Halloween costume from 2004 surfaced online, sparking outrage and beginning a larger conversation about the publication's alleged history of inequality. Rapoport resigned later that evening.Later in the week, problematic social media posts from other employees at the publication began circulating online. Alex Delany, the drinks editor at Bon Appétit, stirred up controversy when a Twitter user unearthed a 2010 photo from his Tumblr account featuring a <a href="https://www.insider.com/confederate-flag-cake-bon-appetit-editor-resurfaces-2020-6">Confederate-flag cake</a>. The same day, Eater staff writer Elazar Sontag unearthed a 2013 Vine Video in which Delany used a <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-alex-delany-vine-slur-andy-baraghani-antoni-porowski-2020-6">homophobic slur</a>. Meanwhile, another Twitter shared old tweets from Condé Nast executive Matt Duckor that contained <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-matt-duckor-offensive-tweets-conde-nast-reckoning-continues-2020-6">homophobic and racist jokes</a>. Both Delany and Duckor apologized for the offensive content — and Duckor left the company, according to an email from Condé Nast Entertainment's president, Oren Katzeff, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conde-nast-matt-duckor-leaves-company-backlash-diversity-2020-6">obtained</a> by Business Insider.Meanwhile, 14 former and current employees of the company <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">told Business Insider's Rachel Premack</a> that they felt personally and professionally "slighted" while at the company, receiving contracts that were inferior to their white colleagues' and being excluded from "professional and social groups."On Thursday, Bon Appétit issued a <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/story/where-we-go-from-here">statement</a> about the outlet's plans to "take ownership" of its mistakes and change its culture, centering nonwhite narratives and content and rebuilding trust among staff and freelancers. "This is just the start," the statement read. "We want to be transparent, accountable, and active as we begin to dismantle racism at our brands."Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">Bon Appétit's editor in chief just resigned — but staffers of color say there's a 'toxic' culture of microaggressions and exclusion that runs far deeper than one man</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-christina-chaey-speaks-out-about-alleged-pay-inequity-2020-6">Bon Appétit editor Christina Chaey says she was not paid 'a single dollar' for her Test Kitchen video appearances</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-apptit-timeline-allegations-drama-culture-race-andy-alex-sohla-2020-6">Bon Appétit's week from hell: How a deluge of allegations depicting a 'toxic' work culture left the magazine in chaos</a>

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e29c72224306a55dc2cb4c6-2400/bon%20app.jpg" alt="Bon Appétit" /><ul class="summary-list"><li>Condé Nast has found viral success on YouTube by turning some of the editors and chefs behind Bon Appétit magazine into social-media stars. </li><li>Bon Appétit's YouTube channel has 5 million subscribers and its most popular show, "Gourmet Makes," averages between 3 million and 5 million views an episode. </li><li>Business Insider spoke to the people behind the YouTube channel, like video director Dan Siegal and contributing food editor and star of "Gourmet Makes" Claire Saffitz, on why they have succeeded where some other magazine brands have failed. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prime">Click here for more BI Prime stories</a>.</li></ul>Pastry chef Claire Saffitz never set out to be a YouTube star.When Saffitz was pitched by Bon Appétit to appear in a show for YouTube, she was hesitant, but ultimately agreed knowing that it wouldn't be much different than what she already did at work. "I am not and will never be an actor, so the lack of performativity was appealing to me," Saffitz told Business Insider. "I liked - and still like - that I am only asked to do an extension of what I normally do in the Test Kitchen environment."But Saffitz, a contributing food editor at Bon Appétit, has become a star of the YouTube channel nonetheless. Her show "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudhYwBrgYg&amp;t=321s">Gourmet Makes</a>" has been a viral success bringing in an average 3 million to 5 million views a video - and recent uploads can usually be found on YouTube's trending page. Since the rise of social media, magazines and digital-media publications have fought to adapt their video efforts to new mediums. Though many brands have tried to make the jump, only a few have really nailed it. Some of the top performers are Complex Networks and its interview-style series "Hot Ones," and Vogue's "73 questions," which live on YouTube and accumulate millions of views, attracting new audiences and revenue streams. Bon Appétit's channel is right there among them.Today, the Bon Appétit YouTube channel has over 5 million subscribers, a <a href="https://shop.bonappetit.com">merchandise line</a> with branded apparel, and the shows have spawned various memes, fan groups, and communities off viewers' love for the characters.There are over 5 recurring shows, like "Gourmet Makes" or "Back-to-Back chef," and each one stars a chef with a charismatic personality.Creating content specifically for a social platform like YouTube has allowed the magazine to reach a new, younger audience, which has played an important role in the company's growth, said Adam Rapoport, editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit.From YouTube, a viewer can tune into Bon Appétit's podcast, purchase merchandise, or check out the magazine. "It all sort of connects and feeds into each other," Rapoport said. "Half the items on our merch store are YouTube inspired and aimed towards our younger audience."<h2>Placing viewers inside the Test Kitchen </h2>Most of Bon Appétit's shows take place in its recipe testing space, dubbed the BA Test Kitchen, a large open room that looks nothing like a production set - but that's the point.Bon Appétit encourages its employees to go about their regular days while an episode is being filmed, and to participate in normal work-day banter with the host of a show. These natural interruptions and small conversations help make viewers feel like they are really there."That's the magic of what makes the Test Kitchen what it is - an actual place where work is being done," said Dan Siegal, the video director for "Gourmet Makes."The production has a free-flowing feel. Unlike producing a show for TV, the crew doesn't have to worry about fitting the YouTube show into a certain amount of minutes, or squeezing in room for ad breaks. Episodes have ranged anywhere from 50 minutes long to 15.<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e20d8ff24306a65041c3cbb-2400/img6968original.jpg" alt="Bon App" /><h2>Inside filming Bon Appétit's hit show, 'Gourmet Makes' </h2>In "Gourmet Makes" - Bon Appétit's most popular show - Saffitz creates gourmet versions of popular snack foods like Pop-Tarts (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYqRiKu7gY0&amp;t=525s">5 million views</a>), Skittles (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudhYwBrgYg&amp;t=69s">12 million views</a>), or Hot Pockets (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BriBDiBxaMY&amp;t=822s">5 million views</a>). The Hot Pockets were Saffitz's personal favorite episode to film, she said.Filming a single episode of the show can take between three days and a full week depending on the food. Some episodes come easier than others, Saffitz said. For example, jelly beans, which required achieving a chewy texture using a mold, and making a candy shell, presented some major hurdles.There's a dedicated production crew for the show, a team of around five people who stand in front of Saffitz and are sometimes heard within episodes. "One thing about working with Claire is that she is sort of on autopilot most of the time," Siegal said. "She's really the one doing the heavy lifting, and we are there to document that."Through the show, Saffitz has become an internet star.Off YouTube, Saffitz has amassed an audience of 500,000 followers on Instagram. There are multiple fan pages and videos made dedicated to Saffitz and her show. A majority of the fans skew younger than the audience Bon Appétit reaches from the magazine.Fans also create memes of the show, and YouTube videos like "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHxTAakQrMQ">I would die for Claire from the Bon Appetit test kitchen</a>," with 1.1 million views, or compilation videos of Saffitz being "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7aEId4iTHQ">absolutely adorable,</a>" which has 300,000 views."It's really interesting to see the level of extreme fandom," Siegal said. "In television, it's harder to get a sense of that. You put something out there and it airs, and sometimes that's the last interaction that you'll have with it. Whereas the fanbase for 'Gourmet Makes' is just so vocal and extreme."<a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/influencerdashboard">Sign up for Business Insider's influencer newsletter, Influencer Dashboard, to get more stories like this in your inbox.</a><hr />For more on how to become a successful influencer, according to YouTube and Instagram stars, check out these Business Insider Prime posts:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-tiktok-stars-make-from-sponsorships-song-integrations-2020-1">A college TikTok influencer with 1.6 million followers explains how much money she makes - and her 3 main sources of income</a>: Cosette Rinab, a USC junior, broke down the ways she earns money as a creator on TikTok with 1.6 million followers.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-brands-in-influencer-marketing-list-youtube-instagram-tiktok-2020-1">The 17 hottest brands in influencer marketing that work with creators on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms</a>: Business Insider is recognizing the leading brands in influencer marketing that have built lasting partnerships with creators across social media.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-youtube-creator-makes-year-1-million-subscribers-2020-1">How much money YouTube paid a creator with 1.4 million subscribers during 2019</a>: Shelby Church, a YouTube creator with 1.4 million subscribers, broke down how much money she earned in 2019 from Google AdSense.</li></ul><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TudhYwBrgYg" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Inside the business of Bon Appetit's wildly popular YouTube channel, which has made editors like Claire Saffitz into social-media stars

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Brad Leone is a longstanding host on Bon Appétit's popular cooking channel. </li><li>Leone has courted controversy, including a pastrami video that experts said could cause botulism.</li></ul>Brad Leone, a popular and occasionally polarizing member of the once-beloved Bon Appétit "Test Kitchen" YouTube channel, is parting ways with the Condé Nast magazine – at least on a full-time basis."Bon Appétit and Brad Leone have mutually decided to pivot from our existing full-time employee contract," a spokesperson for the magazine said. "We look forward to collaborating with Brad as a contributor in the future."A representative for Leone did not immediately respond to a request for comment.In recent weeks, fans have <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bon_appetit/comments/yv952l/did_brad_leave_ba_he_says_on_his_instagram_videos/">speculated on Reddit</a> that Leone, who hosts the popular show "It's Alive," was departing Bon Appétit. In a recent Instagram Story, also shared with Reddit, Leone said he would create videos on his own YouTube channel come 2023. "I'm not sleeping on you guys," he wrote to fans, per the screenshot. "Just wait for 2023. Lots of videos coming soon to my own YouTube page. Real good clean friggin' fun coming soon."Leone is one of two original Test Kitchen hosts – alongside senior food editor Chris Morocco – who are still active on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel following a mass exodus of staff members in 2020. Leone is also one of the Test Kitchen's most popular personalities, with 824,000 Instagram followers. (He trails only Claire Saffitz, who has 983,000 followers and now creates videos on her own YouTube channel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ClaireSaffitzxDessertPerson?app=desktop">Dessert Person</a>.)Despite his popularity, Leone has courted controversy at times. In April, he <a href="https://www.gawker.com/media/its-botulism-with-brad-leone-bon-appetit-testing-health-standards">garnered headlines</a> for an ill-fated video where he attempted to cure pastrami in a way that experts said could cause botulism. The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen rose to renown as a kind of affable collective with a lighthearted approach to cooking, including breakout shows like Saffitz's "Gourmet Makes" (in which she recreated popular snacks from scratch) and Morocco's "Reverse Engineering" (which is still ongoing, and features that host re-making complex recipes while blindfolded.)But in 2020, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-test-kitchen-stars-who-left-2020-8?_ga=2.246537732.1833946595.1669823775-1377565445.1666638030">10 of the 13 members of the Test Kitchen crew</a> departed the Bon Appétit YouTube channel, with some members subsequently going on to furnish videos for competing publishers like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nyt-cooking-bon-appetit-dominance-marketing-kitchen-studio-video-strategy-2021-1?_ga=2.224361755.1833946595.1669823775-1377565445.1666638030">The New York Times</a> (including Sohla El-Waylly and Priya Krishna) or for themselves as indie creators on YouTube and Patreon (like Carla Lalli Music and Molly Baz).The precipitating event was the discovery of an Instagram photo where former editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport appeared to have worn <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-editor-adam-rapoport-resigned-dressed-puerto-rican-photo-2020-6">brownface</a>. As Rapoport resigned, acknowledging that he "hadn't championed an inclusive vision," a story from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">Insider's Rachel Premack</a> revealed a startling array of inequities between white and nonwhite staff members at the company's test kitchen. At the time, Condé Nast denied that it compensated employees of color differently for their video appearances.In October 2020, Bon Appétit announced that a <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-youtube-channel-new-chefs-test-kitchen-2020-10">fleet of eight new chefs</a> would join the channel under the tutelage of a new editor-in-chief, Dawn Davis.YouTube subscriptions and viewership have remained roughly flat since then, <a href="https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/bonappetitdotcom/monthly">according to SocialBlade</a>. The Bon Appétit YouTube channel had 5.99 million subscribers and 1.39 billion monthly video views in Oct. 2020, compared to 6.1 million subscribers and 1.66 billion monthly views last month.

Brad Leone, one of Bon Appétit's popular 'Test Kitchen' stars, is leaving the magazine and launching his own channel

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bon Appétit has announced a new talent roster featuring eight new chefs that will help rebuild its <keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="YouTube">YouTube</keyword> channel.</li><li>Bon Appétit underwent a reckoning over how it treats and compensates employees of color over the summer, leading to eight of its video stars announcing that they would no longer appear in videos.</li><li>Each new host will appear in a "recipe driven" three-episode miniseries, with plans to develop other new series that will begin airing in November.</li></ul><keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Food">Food</keyword> publication Bon Appétit has announced eight new chefs that will help rebuild its YouTube channel, which has been quiet since the website's reckoning with race began in June, <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/bon-appetit-conde-nast-video-hosts-diversity-protest-resignations-1234802407/">according to Variety.</a>The new talent, which includes DeVonn Francis, Tiana "Tee" Gee, Melissa Miranda, Samantha Seneviratne, Christian "Chrissy" Tracey, Harold Villarosa, Rawlston Williams, and Claudette Zepeda, will join previous Bon Appétit hosts Brad Leone, Chris Morocco, and Andy Baraghani, who did not leave the publication.Per Variety, the company will launch "recipe driven" three-episode miniseries for each of the new chefs, with plans to develop and greenlight new series with Condé Nast <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment">Entertainment</keyword> to begin airing in November. Leone, Morocco, and Baraghani will each continue their respective series "It's Alive," "Reverse Engineering," and "Andy Explores." Both new and old talent, as well as new leadership, were teased in an unlisted video uploaded to the Bon Appétit YouTube channel.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W51ARNFPUuU" frameborder="0"></iframe>The new talent roster comes after a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">summer of reckoning</a> at the publication which resulted in the departure of many of its personalities. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-test-kitchen-priya-krishna-rick-martinez-2020-8">In August, Sohla El-Waylly, Priya Krishna, and Rick Martinez announced that they were leaving Bon Appétit's YouTube channel</a> after what they said were failed contract negotiations that would have still left them paid less than their white peers. Soon after, test kitchen manager Gaby Melian <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmTeEQjJmP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">also announced that she would no longer appear in videos. </a>Senior food editor Molly Baz, editors-at-large Carla Lalli Music and Amiel Stanek, and <a href="https://www.grubstreet.com/2020/10/bon-appetit-test-kitchen-quit-claire-saffitz.html">"Gourmet Makes" host Claire Saffitz</a> have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-test-kitchen-stars-who-left-2020-8#amiel-stanek-7">all since announced</a> that they will no longer appear in Bon Appétit videos.Condé Nast has repeatedly denied pay disparities based on race, as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-names-new-editor-in-chief-dawn-davis-2020-7">Business Insider's Rachel Premack reported</a>. An internal email shared with Business Insider said that the company had completed a pay review study that determined that compensation was fair and not based on race, saying that a "lack of open communication about video compensation created confusion."The company has made several new hires over the summer in an effort to turn the brand around. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-names-new-editor-in-chief-dawn-davis-2020-7">Simon &amp; Schuster VP Dawn Davis</a> is set to start at the publication on November 2 as its new editor-in-chief, replacing Adam Rapoport, who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">resigned in June</a> after a photo of him in what some called brownface resurfaced online. In July, Condé Nast announced that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-executive-replaces-president-of-cond-nast-entertainment-2020-7">former Disney Plus executive Agnes Chu was taking over as president of Condé Nast Entertainment</a>, the company's video arm, replacing former president Oren Katzeff, who faced controversy over <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8581841/Cond-Nast-entertainment-chief-REPLACED-employees-uncovered-sexist-tweets.html">resurfaced old tweets</a> he wrote about women and people of color. In August, <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/bon-appetit-sonia-chopra-video-stars-quit-conde-nast-1234727602/">Bon Appétit tapped former Eater director of strategy Sonia Chopra</a> as the publication's new executive editor."What I really want to do is create a place where we are talking about food and <keyword id="24504" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="culture">culture</keyword> together," Chopra <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/bon-appetit-conde-nast-video-hosts-diversity-protest-resignations-1234802407/">told Variety</a>, saying that she outlined her vision for the publication while reaching out to new chefs to join the publications video team. "We're building a really inclusive place, where everybody can find stories that resonate with them and also learn something new."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">Bon Appétit's editor in chief just resigned — but staffers of color say there's a 'toxic' culture of microaggressions and exclusion that runs far deeper than one man</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-apptit-timeline-allegations-drama-culture-race-andy-alex-sohla-2020-6">Bon Appétit announced a new editor-in-chief after 7 of its stars left the popular YouTube channel. Here's how the magazine devolved into chaos.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/sohla-el-waylly-babish-youtube-show-binging-with-stump-2020-9">Watch the first episode of former Bon Appétit star Sohla El-Waylly's new YouTube show</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-test-kitchen-stars-who-left-2020-8">7 Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars have left amid a reckoning over how the company treats employees of color — here's the full list</a></li></ul>

Bon Appétit announced 8 new chefs set to rebuild its YouTube channel after the publication's reckoning

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Bill Clark's <keyword id="6358351" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pizza">pizza</keyword> <keyword id="10135730" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="babka">babka</keyword> recipe went viral on social media earlier this year. </li><li>While Clark wasn't the first to make it, he popularized this savory take on the baked good.</li><li>Gadi Peleg, who makes <keyword id="197002" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="nyc">NYC</keyword>'s best babka, loves the creativity and welcomes all riffs on the treat.</li></ul>Pizza babka <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeM6GRXd/">went viral</a> after it landed in the inboxes of everyone who subscribes to Bill Clark's newsletter, <a href="https://apieceofcake.substack.com/p/coming-soon">A Piece of Cake</a>.Though it's now a social-media trend that's eventually bound to go the way of early pandemic <a href="https://www.insider.com/banana-bread-recipe-common-baking-mistakes-photos">banana-bread baking</a>, Clark, a baker and co-owner of <a href="https://ny.eater.com/2020/11/12/21563404/memes-diner-prospect-heights-queer-restaurant-closing-coronavirus">the now-closed MeMe's Diner</a>, told Insider his recipe is something of a gastronomic ode to New York City.<a href="https://www.insider.com/new-yorkers-bakers-react-to-prue-leith-babka-comment-2020-10?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=sf-insider-art&amp;fbclid=IwAR3DE-7xTXjAbXoKpgMR3fCqjuw3ti7b5FtFdYPo3BwFUf7I6LEFr8vqdhMI6LEFr8vqdhM">Babka</a> is as much an icon in the New York <keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Food">food</keyword> scene as pizza. So much so that some people have come to equate the twisted baked good <a href="https://www.delish.com/food-news/a25949161/breads-bakery-babka/">with the city</a> just as much as with its Jewish roots.For some, like Gadi Peleg, the owner of NYC's <a href="https://www.breadsbakery.com/">Breads Bakery</a>, babka takes them back to childhood and family memories. For others, like Clark, it's a symbol of the city's culinary influence on all who visit and come to call this place their home."Yes, I know that babka is absolutely Jewish food, and as with so many Jewish food traditions, it's deeply ingrained in the fabric of New York food," Clark told Insider. "New York is really where I found my footing as a professional baker and started to consciously consume pastry. Babka being some of my favorite!"<h2>For his pizza babka, Clark was inspired by a recipe from his mother, another from a fellow baker, and by New York itself</h2>"Like all the recipes on A Piece of Cake, pizza babka started with a question: 'What do I want to eat right now?'" Clark told Insider. "And back in December 2020, what I wanted was my mom's pizza bread."Growing up, he remembers his mother used to make pizza bread with store-bought frozen pizza dough, jarred sauce, pre-sliced pepperoni, and shredded mozzarella."I thought about how to take pizza bread a little further," he said. "I'd made <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/pull-apart-sour-cream-and-chive-rolls">Claire Saffitz's sour cream and chive rolls</a> for Thanksgiving (as did half the internet) and it's such a great dough. I changed it up, but that was the dough recipe inspo."Clark loves to see subscribers try his recipes at home and said his pizza babka is "definitely the most made and shared one so far."While it is creative, Clark notes that he's certainly not the first to try this savory collaboration of flavors.During his time working at MeMe's Diner, which <a href="https://ny.eater.com/2020/11/12/21563404/memes-diner-prospect-heights-queer-restaurant-closing-coronavirus">shuttered in November</a>, Clark turned out a lineup of other savory babkas, including one inspired by the flavors of an everything bagel.Though the flavor profile may sound sacrilegious to anyone who grew up eating any singular variety, chances are your preferred variety is considered "inauthentic" to someone else.<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYrG2tHNYO" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Breads Bakery™ (@breadsbakery)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote><h2>Even Breads <keyword id="55166" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bakery">Bakery</keyword> gets flak for its non-traditional babka, though it's also known as one of New York's finest</h2>Peleg, who owns<a href="https://www.breadsbakery.com/">Breads Bakery</a>, told Insider that, when it comes to babka the battle of authenticity is "one you cannot win."Though his bakery is known for making <a href="https://www.grubstreet.com/bestofnewyork/best-babka-in-new-york.html">one of the city's best babkas</a>, he still fields complaints that it's not what an "authentic" babka should be."You know, 'authentic' is like 'normal,'" Peleg said. "Normal is what your perception of normal is. It's what you saw. It's a very narrow-minded perception of the world that 'My way is normal.' And the same thing with authentic.""But maybe your grandmother went to the shop to get babka that was to the left," he added, "and maybe the shop that was to the right that she didn't go to did it a different way. "He admits that, although it's <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2009/04/babka-trans-atlantic-jewish-delight/716/">tough to distinguish the precise history</a> of this particular baked good, he knows his bakery's version of authentic babka is likely not the same as the way his own family in Eastern Europe once made it - and he's perfectly fine with that."I don't think my ancestors in Poland had chocolate," Peleg laughed. "I spoke to many of them when they were still alive and, may they rest in peace, they had way bigger problems than going to chocolatiers and finding chocolate to put in their babka. So we're all riffing."<div type="image" title="pizza babka" height="2636" width="3514" msid="81358722" hostid="261"></div><h2>Peleg welcomes the mash-up of these two quintessential New York foods</h2>When he created the chocolate babka for Breads, Peleg wanted to breathe new life into a treat he felt was stale. His memories of babka were interwoven with memories of his childhood, going shopping for the weekly bundt-shaped bread that he said was too often "associated with old people."Peleg said he's thrilled that he, in some way, played a part in turning babka into something "young, fresh, and relevant, to the point that now it's being riffed on by so many people.""And where else and at what other time on planet Earth do pizza and babka get to meet, other than 2021 New York City?" he said. "That's sort of, to me, what New York is all about. The different cultures that come here to mix their food - what could be better? It's really a beautiful thing.""I'm just hopeful that there's some kid out there getting inspired to make the next great babka idea," he added. "What's the one after the pizza babka? I can't wait to find out."

'Pizza babka' may sound sacrilegious to some, but it's just the latest incarnation of the ever-evolving Jewish treat

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Sohla El-Waylly returned to video in an appearance on the <keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="YouTube">YouTube</keyword> channel <keyword id="9673514" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="binging-with-babish">Binging with Babish</keyword>, run by Andrew Rea, after Bon Appétit's reckoning with pay disparities and a "toxic" work environment in June.</li><li>As part of the "Basics with Babish" show, El-Waylly instructed Rea on tempering chocolate, a skill she was called upon to perform in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen.</li><li>People rallied behind El-Waylly after she said on Instagram that she was not compensated for video appearances while her white coworkers were.</li></ul>Over a month after the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">Bon Appétit reckoning over pay disparities and what staffers of color called a "toxic" work culture</a>, chef and restaurateur Sohla El-Waylly has returned to video with an appearance on <a href="https://www.insider.com/cook-recreates-tv-movie-foods-real-life-2018-6">the YouTube channel Binging with Babish, run by Andrew Rea.</a> Appearing on Rea's <a href="https://basicswithbabish.co/">"Basics with Babish" show</a>, El-Waylly appeared to instruct a technique for which she is well-known: tempering chocolate.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XXnlVlkkkxM" frameborder="0"></iframe>"I am terrified of tempering chocolate, I think most people are," Rea says in the video. "But you are very very good at it.""Nothing to be scared of, totally easy," El-Waylly replies. "We're gonna crush it."Bon Appétit experienced a major reckoning in early June after a photo of then-editor in chief Adam Rapoport seemingly dressed in a racist costume resurfaced on social media, sparking a dialogue about the way that Bon Appétit compensates its BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) employees. That conversation was largely spearheaded by assistant editor Sohla El-Waylly, who <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-sohla-el-waylly-people-rallying-behind-adam-rapoport-2020-6">said on Instagram</a> that white people were compensated for video appearances while people of color were not, saying that she had been "pushed in front of video as a display of diversity."Rapoport <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-editor-adam-rapoport-resigned-dressed-puerto-rican-photo-2020-6">resigned on June 8</a>, but staffers of color <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">said that the site's "toxic" work culture ran far past just the former editor in chief,</a> as Business Insider's Rachel Premack reported. Also in June, <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/story/where-we-go-from-here">Bon Appétit and Epicurious published a joint statement</a> saying that they were taking steps to "make [Bon Appétit and Epicurious] an inclusive, just, and equitable place." <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-brown-face-racism">El-Waylly told BuzzFeed News</a> that while she had asked previously to be compensated for video appearances, she was only offered a contract with Condé Nast <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment">Entertainment</keyword> (through which other video hosts are compensated) after her social media posts. El-Waylly's posts brought about an outpouring of social media support for the chef. Many in particular praised her culinary skill: one compilation of people in the Test Kitchen asking her for help with ingredient pronunciation, cooking technique, and of course, <a href="https://twitter.com/thedanahall/status/1270094781243207680?s=20">tempering chocolate</a>, went viral.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—sarah (@s_whip_) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270888855038656517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2020</a></blockquote>El-Waylly is known for her vast culinary knowledge and appeared to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWXteVXo-A">help Bon Appétit Test Kitchen personality and pastry chef Claire Saffitz temper chocolate</a> in an episode of "Gourmet Makes." No videos have been <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax8aRuvszpI&amp;t=2st=2s">published on Bon Appétit's YouTube page</a> since June 5.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1EoHvDM6o/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">In a July 19 Instagram post</a>, El-Waylly wrote, "BA is moving forward, slowly making the changes to become more equitable and inclusive. What's to become of video is still unknown, but at least in the meantime over on the site and in the magazine you'll find my ice cream pie, @seechaey's summer vegetable grain bowl, and @sarahjampel's blueberry buckle. We're still here for you at bA making content we hope you will love."El-Waylly is still listed on the publication's masthead, and she still has the publication tagged on her social media profiles.When reached for comment about the video El-Waylly told Insider, "I don't have much to say about it. It was just a fun time and you know I love tempering chocolate. I can't say no to man who'll get me 6 kilos of Valrhona, you know?"Rachel Premack contributed reporting to this article. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-toxic-racism-culture-2020-6">Bon Appétit's editor in chief just resigned — but staffers of color say there's a 'toxic' culture of microaggressions and exclusion that runs far deeper than one man</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-sohla-el-waylly-people-rallying-behind-adam-rapoport-2020-6">The internet is rallying behind Bon Appétit's Sohla El-Waylly after she accused the publication of pay inequity</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/cook-recreates-tv-movie-foods-real-life-2018-6">A self-taught cook recreates beloved recipes from popular movies and TV show — and the dishes look even better in real life</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/youtuber-andrew-rea-binging-with-babish-brad-pitt-mac-cheese-2020-2">YouTube star Binging with Babish showed us how to recreate Brad Pitt's mac and cheese from 'One Upon a Time in Hollywood'</a></li></ul>

Sohla El-Waylly returned to YouTube after the Bon Appétit reckoning in an appearance on Binging with Babish

<ul class="summary-list"><li>After a photo of former Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport in brownface resurfaced on Twitter Monday, he resigned from his post.</li><li>The photo sparked a dialogue online about the way Bon Appétit compensates its BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) employees, spearheaded by a statement from Assistant <keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Food">Food</keyword> Editor Sohla El-Waylly on <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> who alleged that white employees were compensated for appearances in videos, while people of color were not. </li><li>People online, including fellow Bon Appétit staff and contributors, rallied behind El-Waylly, calling for Rapoport's resignation and demanding that BIPOC Bon Appétit staff receive equal compensation as white editors.</li><li>Condé Nast denied the specific allegation about paid video appearances in a statement to Variety, but would not elaborate.</li></ul>After a <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-editor-adam-rapoport-resigned-dressed-puerto-rican-photo-2020-6">photo of Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport in brownface resurfaced</a> on Twitter on Monday he stepped down from his post. The photo of Rapoport sparked other conversations about how Bon Appétit treats people of color: before his resignation, Bon Appétit Assistant Food Editor Sohla El-Waylly posted a statement on her Instagram story condemning the photo and alleging that Bon Appétit only paid white editors for video appearances on the publication's incredibly popular YouTube channel.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Sarah Manavis (@sarahmanavis) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270069650060083207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote>"I am angry and disgusted by the photo of @rapoport. I have asked for his resignation. This is just a symptom of the systemic racism that runs rampant within the CondeNast as a whole," she wrote.El-Waylly, who is a chef and restaurateur and was hired at Bon Appétit in 2019, said in the story posts that she had been hired at Bon Appétit as an assistant editor at a $50,000 salary to "assist mostly white editors with significantly less experience than me." She also said that she had been pushed into video appearances (El-Waylly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYOa54hxulQ">appears in BA Test Kitchen videos</a>) but that only white editors had been paid for video appearances.<a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/bon-appetit-pays-only-white-editors-videos-adam-rapoport-brown-face-1234628027/">According to Variety</a>, a Condé Nast representative "said it was untrue that <keyword id="1173135" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bon-Appetit">Bon Appetit</keyword>'s white editors are paid for appearing in videos while people of color are not." A spokesperson <a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-editor-adam-rapoport-resigned-dressed-puerto-rican-photo-2020-6">told Insider</a> that the company is "dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace."El-Waylly <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/bon-appetit-adam-rapoport-brown-face-racism">told Buzzfeed News</a> that she had previously asked to be compensated for videos (staffers are paid through contracts with Condé Nast Entertainment), but it was not until she posted on social <keyword id="6354777" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Media">media</keyword> on Monday that she was offered a contract.People on Twitter and Instagram, including other Bon Appétit staffers, began to rally around El-Waylly in support, causing "Sohla" to trend on Twitter. There were calls for Bon Appétit to account for the alleged pay discrepancies, appreciation of El-Waylly's culinary skill, and praise for her speaking out.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270074035678752770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Sydney (@sydneyjupiter) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270067514899193859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—⚡️ Olive's Tired ⚡️ (@OliveOilCorp) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270123067243737093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—emilie ᵇˡᵐLYNN DAY (@emilieswift) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270118952908161024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote>Other Bon Appétit staffers spoke out following Sohla's Instagram story posts, including Senior Food Editor Molly Baz and Food Director Carla Lalli Music, who stated on Instagram that they would not appear in any Bon Appétit videos until El-Waylly and their BIPOC colleagues received equal pay and are fairly compensated for their video appearances. Bon Appétit Contributing Food Editor Claire Saffitz and Senior Food Editor Andy Baraghani also made similar pledges on Instagram. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—carla lalli music (@lallimusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270115317759565825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote>Bon Appétit contributor Priya Krishna also condemned the photo of Rapoport saying that she "[plans] to do everything in [her] power to hold the EIC, and systems that hold up actions like this, accountable."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Priya Krishna (@priyakrishna) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1270019150946148352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2020</a></blockquote><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/bon-appetit-editor-adam-rapoport-resigned-dressed-puerto-rican-photo-2020-6">The editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit has resigned after a photo of him in brownface resurfaced</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/alison-roman-myspace-costume-photo-amy-winehouse-chola-bon-appetit-2020-6">Alison Roman says a resurface dMyspace photo of her isn't an offensive 'Chola' costume, but a San Francisco-inspired Amy Winehouse</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/4-levels-epicurious-emily-lorenzo-food-videos-youtube-future-2019-10">The secret sauce to YouTube's viral food personalities — 'they f--- up constantly'</a></li></ul>

The internet is rallying behind Bon Appétit's Sohla El-Waylly after she accused the publication of pay inequity

When you buy through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. <a href="https://www.insider-inc.com/commerce-on-insider-inc/">Learn more.</a><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=999&amp;u=1088116&amp;m=80536&amp;urllink=magiclinen.com%2Fkitchen-and-table-linens%2Flinen-aprons%2Fpinafore-cross-back-linen-apron-linen-apron" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"></a><ul class="summary-list"><li>Hot take: Aprons are cool and useful and everyone should wear them while cooking.</li><li>My favorite is this <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=999&amp;u=1088116&amp;m=80536&amp;urllink=magiclinen.com%2Fkitchen-and-table-linens%2Flinen-aprons%2Fpinafore-cross-back-linen-apron-linen-apron" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">$54 cross-back pinafore apron from MagicLinen</a>.</li><li>It has pockets in the front and slips on easily, but most importantly, it keeps me from ruining my clothes. </li></ul><iframe src="https://produktor.businessinsider.com/productCardService?id=5eceb5bbf0f4190bd0443cbc&amp;type=small&amp;live=true" width="100%" height="150%" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute; top:0; left: 0"></iframe>I've been watching way too many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbpMy0Fg74eXXkvxJrtEn3w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bon Appétit</a> videos on YouTube lately. In them, the effortlessly cool Test Kitchen staff all wear one of two <keyword id="1053418" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="apron">apron</keyword> styles: the classic tie-waist Hedley &amp; Bennet (known by its ampersand logo), or the tie-free, pinafore-style cross-back aprons made from smoothly draped linen. After working in professional kitchens where I wore standard-issue, crappy polyester aprons, I swore off wearing any kind of apron at home. I didn't want cooking dinner for my partner to make me feel like I was at work. But when I saw the BA staff strutting around the test kitchen in these beautiful linen aprons, I had a change of heart (I also no longer work in kitchens, so that helps). Claire Saffitz, Sohla El-Waylly, and Molly Baz just looked so happy and comfortable and clean. So, I went searching for the ones they use. Unsurprisingly, I found out <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/gallery/crossback-aprons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ones they wear</a> are quite expensive, some of them running over $100. But after a quick search, I landed on a <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=999&amp;u=1088116&amp;m=80536&amp;urllink=magiclinen.com%2Fkitchen-and-table-linens%2Flinen-aprons%2Fpinafore-cross-back-linen-apron-linen-apron" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">$54 alternative</a> from my favorite linen homewares brand, <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=999&amp;u=1088116&amp;m=80536&amp;urllink=magiclinen.com%2Flinen.com%2F" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">MagicLinen</a>.The flax-linen material is lightweight but substantial enough to protect my clothes, and it's easy to wash and hang-dry (the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-linen-bedding-deep-sheets-review-2018-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brand's sheets are amazing, too</a>). MagicLinen also has tons of beautiful colors and patterns to choose from, and you can select from a few sizes — something most other brands don't offer.Now, let's get one thing out of the way. Is $54 cheap for an apron? No! But how many sauce-stained, $18 white T-shirts have I had to replace due to my own stubbornness and stupidity? Exactly three, at a grand total of $54. So, yes, the cost was justifiable.<h2>Why cross-back aprons are better than tie-waist aprons</h2><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=999&amp;u=1088116&amp;m=80536&amp;urllink=magiclinen.com%2Fkitchen-and-table-linens%2Flinen-aprons%2Fpinafore-cross-back-linen-apron-linen-apron" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"><div type="image" title="magiclinen apron 2" height="2250" width="3000" msid="76079016" hostid="261"></div></a>It's a hot take to make this claim, I know. But here we are.<a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=999&amp;u=1088116&amp;m=80536&amp;urllink=magiclinen.com%2Fkitchen-and-table-linens%2Flinen-aprons%2Fpinafore-cross-back-linen-apron-linen-apron" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Cross-back aprons</a> are the best because they slip right on (no ties to keep track of or continually tighten), they feel nice to wear, and they protect your clothing from splatters and stains all the same. I'm genuinely excited to put mine on every evening when I make dinner, and I never worry about the tie at my waist coming undone or loosening up while my hands are messy. This was a major annoyance when working in a kitchen — ties come undone all the time, always when your hands are covered in dough and you can't do anything about it.I do need to acknowledge a few things, though.First, cross-back aprons could be considered a bit feminine aesthetically speaking, but with gender being an illusion and all, no one should ever really be concerned with how masculine they do or don't look while cooking dinner.Second, some may argue that tie-waist aprons are more practical because you can loop a kitchen towel over the tie to have it nearby at all times. This is not necessary for home cooks! Drape your kitchen towel over your shoulder, set it next to you on the counter, or leave it looped over your oven handlebar like the rest of us. <h2>The bottom line</h2>Do I need an apron in order to cook? Absolutely not. But does wearing one keep me from ruining my clothes? Absolutely yes. It's not that I need this particular shape of apron in order to survive, it's just that having something you can easily throw on and feel good in while you cook is a Really Nice Thing. And right now, we could all use more of those.<iframe src="https://produktor.businessinsider.com/productCardService?id=5eceb5bbf0f4190bd0443cbc&amp;type=small&amp;live=true" width="100%" height="150%" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute; top:0; left: 0"></iframe><h2>For some more affordable options, try these:</h2><iframe src="https://produktor.businessinsider.com/productCardService?id=5ecfc7232618b904cc4df9d5&amp;type=small&amp;live=true" width="100%" height="150%" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute; top:0; left: 0"></iframe><iframe src="https://produktor.businessinsider.com/productCardService?id=5ecfc8893f7370784538ca48&amp;type=small&amp;live=true" width="100%" height="150%" frameborder="0" style="position:absolute; top:0; left: 0"></iframe>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/cross-back-linen-apron-review">Insider</a>

I was influenced to get a cross-back apron by the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen staffers — here's why you should get one, too

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e31977824306a1599778d17-2400/dsc09685.jpg" alt="SwayHouse_TikTok" />Hi, and welcome to this week's Influencer Dashboard newsletter!This is Amanda Perelli, and I'll be briefing you on what's new in the business of influencers and creators.This week, my colleague Dan Whateley took readers inside the new TikTok talent company, TalentX Entertainment. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-app-online-website-video-sharing-2019-7">TikTok</a>, the short-form video app, has become one of the hottest social platforms among <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/generation-z">Generation Zers</a>. With the sudden rise in popularity, the need for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-talent-managers-of-youtube-creators-influencers-power-list-2019-10">talent-management firms</a> dedicated to helping these new teen creators has expanded.Los Angeles-based TalentX has a current roster of 32 influencers, most of whom are primarily TikTokkers."These guys are the next generation of YouTubers, like it or not," said Michael Gruen, vice president of talent. "When you put a video with their name in the headlines, they're going to get a 100,000 views. It's a phenomenon that no one's taking advantage of."TalentX even has its own TikTok "collab house," a Bel Air mansion called The Sway House where six of its influencer clients live and make videos (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/style/hype-house-los-angeles-tik-tok.html">similar to the popular LA home Hype House</a>). These influencers don't have to pay rent, but they do have to hit their content quotas, Dan reported.TalentX also explained how much money its creators charge brands <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/influencer-marketing-cost-per-view-on-tiktok-compared-to-youtube-2020-1">for sponsored videos on TikTok versus YouTube</a>.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-tiktok-talent-agency-manager-for-influencers-talentx-2020-1">Check out the full post inside TalentX and its content creation hub, Sway LA, here</a>. You can read most of the articles here <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/prime-discount?r=birefer-aperelli">by subscribing to BI Prime</a>. And if this is your first time reading Influencer Dashboard, <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/influencerdashboard">subscribe to the newsletter here</a>.<h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-youtube-channel-claire-saffitz-gourmet-makes-influencer-2020-1">How Bon Appétit built its wildly popular YouTube channel, which has turned its editors into social-media stars</a></h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e3093d962fa811eb7261703-1869/bon app.jpg" alt="Bon Appétit" />Since the rise of social media, magazines and digital-media publications have fought to adapt their video efforts to new mediums.While some magazine brands have failed to keep up, Bon Appétit has found success by launching shows that live on YouTube, and accumulate millions of views, attracting new audiences and revenue streams.I spoke to the team behind Bon Appétit's viral YouTube channel, which has 5 million subscribers.Contributing food editor and pastry chef, Claire Saffitz, is the star of the YouTube channel's most popular show, "Gourmet Makes," which averages between 3 million and 5 million views an episode.But she didn't set out to become a YouTube star, she told me.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-youtube-channel-claire-saffitz-gourmet-makes-influencer-2020-1">Read the full post on how Bon Appétit's channel turned editors like Saffitz into social-media stars</a>. <h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/youtubes-rhett-and-link-how-they-built-mythical-entertainment-income-2020-1">YouTube stars Rhett and Link explain how algorithm changes supercharged their business to an estimated $17.5 million in yearly income</a></h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e3087dd24306a7e757cd7b9-2400/rl photo .jpg" alt="Rhett and Link - YouTube stars" />The YouTube pair Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal were some of the early stars on the platform, but their business didn't kick into overdrive until nearly a decade later.Dan spoke to McLaughlin and Neal who said everything changed for them in 2015, when YouTube shifted its algorithm to reward long-form videos.The duo, who were making an estimated $17.5 million per year as of June, according to Forbes, now run an 80-person business, Mythical Entertainment.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/youtubes-rhett-and-link-how-they-built-mythical-entertainment-income-2020-1">Read the full post on McLaughlin and Neal's YouTube powerhouse Mythical Entertainment</a>. <h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zane-hijazi-heath-hussar-podcast-ads-2020-1">How YouTube stars Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar used their internet fame to sell $590,000 in podcast ads in 3 months</a></h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e31983c62fa81271c2ef743-2400/gettyimages-1020386802.jpg" alt="Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar" />Besides YouTube, podcasting can be another lucrative way for an influencer to build a digital business. Social-media stars Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar - who first found internet stardom on Vine - recently launched a podcast, "Zane and Heath: Unfiltered."My colleague Alyssa Meyers spoke to Hijazi and Hussar about their podcast and they told her that they work with HiStudios, a new podcast network focused on sports and influencer content, to sell ads and promote their show on YouTube as well as podcast platforms.Hijazi and Hussar said the show has enabled them to grow their business beyond YouTube.They also sold a whopping $590,000 in podcast ads in three months.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zane-hijazi-heath-hussar-podcast-ads-2020-1">Check out the full post how Hijazi and Hussar built a successful influencer podcast, here</a>.<h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-youtube-creators-influencers-make-in-one-year-2020-1">How much money do YouTube stars earn in a year? 4 creators reveal what the platform paid them in 2019.</a></h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e0b74bb855cc2523219d9c3-1147/screen shot 2019-12-31 at 111716 am.png" alt="Andrei Jikh" />To officially wrap up 2019, I took a look at how much four YouTube creators with completely different channels earned from Google-placed ads last year.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-youtube-pays-for-views-100-thousand-million-150-2020-1">From our previous coverage</a>, we've learned that how much money a YouTube creator makes varies wildly depending on a number of factors, like a video's watch time, length, and viewer demographic.I spoke to four YouTube influencers - Shelby Church, Kevin David, Sienna Santer, and Andrei Jikh - who broke down how much money YouTube paid them for the entire year of 2019.In general, business-related YouTube channels earn more per 1,000 views (called the CPM rate) compared with other types. For instance, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-youtube-creators-influencers-make-in-one-year-2020-1#kevin-david-400000-2">Kevin David (856,000 subscribers)</a>, posts videos about how to make money online and on Amazon. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-youtube-creators-influencers-make-in-one-year-2020-1#kevin-david-400000-2">He told me</a> that his YouTube channel earned over $400,000 in 2019 from the ads in his videos. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-money-youtube-creators-influencers-make-in-one-year-2020-1">Read the full post to see how much each of these 4 influencers earned in 2019 from ads</a>. <h2><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQiu-LsF-h7lrKy26C4GRRQ">Creator Spotlight: Jared Watney</a></h2><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5e31ddc162fa8104a6797958-933/screen shot 2020-01-29 at 23004 pm.png" alt="Jared Watney" />This week, I'm highlighting Jared Watney and his YouTube channel for our Creator Spotlight.Similar to Bravo's reality series "Below Deck," Watney's YouTube channel takes viewers inside the world of luxury yachts - and what it's like to work on one. Watney, who is from South Africa, launched his YouTube channel as a way to share his experience <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXnOCee_DaM">living and working on a yacht</a>. His most popular videos include what it's like to work on a yacht in bad weather, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TttDbkV1AeI">with 1 million views,</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILmz7r2wmA8">inside crew cabins</a>. He has 119,000 subscribers on YouTube and the oldest video on his channel is a vlog from 2016. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQiu-LsF-h7lrKy26C4GRRQ">You can check out Watney's YouTube channel, here</a>. Send tips or feedback to me at aperelli@businessinsider.com. <h2>Here's what else we're reading:</h2><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/style/bryant-eslava-photographer.html">The Photographer of Choice for Influencers Is Everywhere</a>: New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz featured the choice photographer for LA influencers, Bryant Eslava. He is known for working with the biggest social-media stars, like David Dobrik and Emma Chamberlain. </li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/tana-mongeau-announcement-video-commercial-perfume-ad-2020-1">Tana Mongeau's new $48 perfume sold out in 76 minutes after she debuted a commercial about her multiple personalities</a>: Kat Tenbarge, from Insider, reported on YouTube star Tana Mongeau's fragrance release last week, which quickly sold out on the ecommerce site Shopify. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/byte-app-download-numbers-vine-popularity-tiktok-competitor-2020-1">The first download numbers for Byte, the app heralded as Vine 2.0, show it still has a long way to go to catch up to TikTok</a>: Paige Leskin, from Business Insider, broke down the new app Byte, which has been dubbed the successor to defunct video-sharing app Vine and launched to the public last week.</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/stories-slide-deck?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;itm_content=instagram&amp;itm_campaign=stories-slide-deck"><img src="https://static.businessinsider.com/image/5bd375adcd6f3842155a1a29" alt="Exclusive FREE Report: The Stories Slide Deck by Business Insider Intelligence" style="width: 100% !important" /></a>

You Searched For "claire saffitz" and got 10 results

Bon Appétit star Claire Saffitz says she was 'aware of the toxic, racist' culture at the publication

Margot Harris

Bon Appétit star Claire Saffitz says she was 'aware of the toxic, racist' culture at the publication

Margot Harris

Inside the business of Bon Appetit's wildly popular YouTube channel, which has made editors like Claire Saffitz into social-media stars

Amanda Perelli

Brad Leone, one of Bon Appétit's popular 'Test Kitchen' stars, is leaving the magazine and launching his own channel

Geoff Weiss

Bon Appétit announced 8 new chefs set to rebuild its YouTube channel after the publication's reckoning

Palmer Haasch

'Pizza babka' may sound sacrilegious to some, but it's just the latest incarnation of the ever-evolving Jewish treat

Rachel Askinasi

Sohla El-Waylly returned to YouTube after the Bon Appétit reckoning in an appearance on Binging with Babish

Palmer Haasch

The internet is rallying behind Bon Appétit's Sohla El-Waylly after she accused the publication of pay inequity

Palmer Haasch

I was influenced to get a cross-back apron by the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen staffers — here's why you should get one, too

Sally Kaplan

A mansion full of TikTok stars, how Rhett & Link make $17.5 million yearly from YouTube, and inside Bon Appetit's test kitchen

Amanda Perelli