Sonia Chopra

Sonia Chopra joined Bon Appétit and Epicurious as executive editor in August 2020. Prior to that, she worked at Eater for almost a decade in roles that ranged from Eater Atlanta editor to Eater’s first managing editor and director of editorial strategy. She served as a co-executive producer on Eater’s first broadcast television show, No Passport Required, which aired on PBS, and has been featured in shows such as David Chang’s Ugly Delicious on Netflix and Vivian Howard’s Somewhere South on PBS. Her work has contributed to James Beard Awards and ASMEs and her team’s work has been nominated for NY Emmys; in addition, she’s spoken on many panels and at conferences including at 92Y, Asheville’s Chow Chow food festival, Wired25, the Asian American Journalists Association national convention, TCA, and IACP, among others, and has judged numerous journalism and food writing awards, ranging from national media awards to subject-specific writing competitions. At BA, she spends most of her time in meetings but does write a monthly newsletter as well as contribute recipes (Almost Aam Panna, Tadka Pasta) and stories that range from reported features to interviews to odes to her favorite kitchen appliance, the toaster oven. When she’s not at work she can be found searching for the city’s best cold brew, reading and talking about books, and working on the novel she promises she will one day finish.