Adam Rapoport


Adam Rapoport is a former American magazine editor. He is best known for being the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit magazine from 2010 to 2020.

Early life and education

Rapoport was born in Washington, D.C., to Maxine and Dan. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School, graduating in 1987. Rapoport then attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1992. He grew up Jewish.

Career

In 1994, Rapoport joined the James Beard Foundation as an assistant in the foundation's publication office. In 1997, he joined the New York division of Time Out magazine as a restaurant editor. In 2000, Rapoport became the Style Editor of GQ magazine.
Rapoport succeeded Barbara Fairchild as the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit magazine in 2010.
In June 2020, Rapoport drew criticism after a photo, originally posted by his wife on Instagram in 2013, of Rapoport in racial brownface on Halloween 2004. He was wearing a t-shirt, a do-rag, silver chains, and a baseball cap embroidered with "Bronx", a reference to the New York City borough, where many Puerto Ricans reside. His leadership was simultaneously brought into question after food editor Sohla El-Waylly accused the magazine of discriminating against employees of color. That day, Rapoport announced he would step down.