![]() These revelations cut especially deep for those who had grown to support BA specifically due to the Test Kitchen’s shiny facade that, in reality, had been carefully curated to mask an inequitable reality. Varying statements from staff members testified to a pervasive toxicity and racism cultivated through structures of unequal compensation for video appearances-or, as some revealed, no compensation whatsoever-and disparate opportunities to advance through BA’s ranks. For lovers of that image, June of 2020 brought quite a rude awakening to the reality of BA’s off camera workplace. ![]() To their increasingly avid YouTube fanbase, the Test Kitchen staff members who starred in the magazine’s videos became something akin to recurring characters in an idyllic food-themed workplace sitcom. Ah, Bon Appétit: the Condé Nast-owned food magazine that gained seemingly unstoppable praise and attention over the latter half of the 2010s. ![]()
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