Carla Lalli Music

Carla Lalli Music is an American chef, cookbook author, and YouTube personality. She was a food editor at large of Bon Appétit and was known for her appearances in videos produced for the magazine's YouTube channel, most notably as the host of Back-to-Back Chef. Lalli Music left the magazine in 2020 in response to racial discrimination.[1]

Carla Lalli Music
OccupationChef, cookbook author, Youtube personality
EducationBrown University
French Culinary Institute
Culinary career
Children2

Biography

Music was born to an Italian-American family, where her mother worked as a food critic at New West and as a cookbook editor at Simon & Schuster.[2][3] Music studied at Brown University, where she graduated with a degree in Modern Culture and Media in 1994,[4] and later attended the French Culinary Institute.[2] She worked in food service for over a decade, notably as a line chef and later kitchen manager for Rocco DiSpirito,[2] as the first general manager of Shake Shack,[5] and as an instructor in culinary management at the Institute for Culinary Education.[4] She transitioned to food writing in 2009,[4] and served as an editor for Everyday Food until 2011.[2] Music was hired as a features editor for Bon Appétit that same year, and was later promoted to be the magazine's food director.[5] In January of 2020, she moved her role to food editor at large to focus on her 2nd cookbook.[6]

Music first appeared in videos on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel in 2015, and would make regular appearances in recipe preparation videos in the subsequent years.[7] In 2018, Music became the host of Back-to-Back Chef, a web series in which she instructs a celebrity in preparing a dish while facing away from each other and using only verbal instructions.[8] Notable guests on the series have included Natalie Portman,[9] Michael Shannon,[10] and Elizabeth Olsen.[11] The series has been praised for its comedic timing and Music's hosting, with Vulture calling the Back-to-Back Chef "simple, elegant, and absolutely genius."[12] Music was also featured in the series Test Kitchen Talks, From the Test Kitchen, and Making Perfect.[13] In August 2020, two months after the resignation of editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport and the subsequent fallout regarding inequitable pay for staff and contributors of color, several members of the Test Kitchen, including Music, announced they would no longer film videos for the Bon Appétit YouTube channel due to a continued lack of progress in resolving issues at Condé Nast Entertainment.[14]

A cookbook by Music, Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook, was published by Penguin Random House on March 19, 2019. In May 2020, the cookbook earned the 2020 James Beard Foundation Book Award in the category "General".[15] Music is working on a second cookbook.[16]

Personal life

Music resides in Fort Greene, Brooklyn with her husband and two children.[17][18]

References
  1. https://twitter.com/lallimusic/status/1293566520476471296?s=20
  2. Fields, Kelly; Diamond, Kerry (October 4, 2019). "'Can't Get Enough Carla Lalli Music' Transcript". Cherry Bombe. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  3. Okin, Ariel (October 16, 2017). "IN THE KITCHEN: CARLA LALLI MUSIC". Bonberi. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  4. "Alumni, Modern Culture and Media". Brown University. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  5. "Get to Know Food Director Carla Lalli Music". Bon Appétit. May 20, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  6. Lalli Music, Carla (January 7, 2020). "News you can use: After 8 years in a full-time role, I am now food editor at large for @bonappetit. All love! I'm working on my 2nd cookbook (Clarkson Potter Fall 2021) and decided not to write this one on nights and weekends, which is how It was for Where Cooking Begins..." @lallimusic. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  7. Music, Carla Lalli (May 19, 2015). Carla Uses a Searzall Torch to Sear Steak. Bon Appetit Video (Series). Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  8. Aggeler, Madeleine (March 29, 2019). "How I Get It Done: Bon Appétit's Food Director Gets Super Competitive at the Gym". The Cut. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  9. Music, Carla Lalli (June 27, 2018). Natalie Portman Tries to Keep Up With a Professional Chef. Back-to-Back Chef (Series). Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  10. Music, Carla Lalli (July 26, 2019). Michael Shannon Tries to Keep Up With a Professional Chef. Back-to-Back Chef (Series). Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  11. Music, Carla Lalli (September 19, 2018). Elizabeth Olsen Tries to Keep Up With a Professional Chef. Back-to-Back Chef (Series). Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  12. Handler, Rachel (January 10, 2019). "I'm Obsessed With This Show Where Celebrities Nervously Cook Elaborate Dishes". Vulture. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  13. "Bon Appétit Video Series". video.bonappetit.com. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  14. Chan, J. Clara (August 8, 2020). "Bon Appétit Is Sticking to New Standardized Video Pay After 5 Stars Leave Test Kitchen". TheWrap. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  15. Burton, Monica (May 27, 2020). "Here Is the Full List of 2020 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners". Eater. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  16. "Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook". Penguin Random House. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  17. Masur, Lauren (August 29, 2019). "A Week of Dinners from Bon Appétit's Food Director, Carla Lalli Music". The Kitchn. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  18. Brodeur, Aimee. "Down the Aisle: Carla Lalli Music". Feedback NY. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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