About Us

Eater is a digital media brand dedicated to all things food and dining. In a world full of near-endless food options, Eater is the expert voice that cuts through the noise, spotlights under-the-radar destinations, and gives you the down-low on the places to go right now. Eater covers the dining world across an iOS app with thousands of restaurant recommendations, a national website covering food and dining culture, nearly two dozen city sites tracking local dining scenes across hundreds of maps and dining reports; a robust YouTube channel featuring documentary-style video about the inner workings of restaurants; and a variety of social channels and newsletters, all powered by a diverse team of writers, editors, producers, and contributors.

The force behind Eater is a network of expert voices spread across the U.S. and the globe, including local talents known for their deep knowledge of a specific city to national trend experts. The Eater team is currently led by editor-in-chief Stephanie Wu and publisher Jill Dehnert.

Founded in 2005, Eater was acquired by Vox Media in 2013, and since then, the brand has expanded to include the Gastropod podcast, a subscription wine club, and multiple TV series including No Passport Required on PBS and Hulu’s Eater’s Guide to the World. More recently, the food-focused brand joined forces with Punch, a companion publication dedicated to drinks and drinking culture, when it was acquired by Vox Media in 2021, and travel site Thrillist in 2022. Eater has an ongoing deal with book publisher Abrams to publish cookbooks and travel guides, including its first-ever cookbook and guides to Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Mexico City. In 2024, Eater launched the Eater app for iOS, bringing together every Eater-recommended restaurant from 10,000+ Eater maps in over 100 cities worldwide, all in one app.

Over 20 years, Eater has earned millions of followers and been repeatedly recognized for its achievements in food journalism and media, winning 13 James Beard Awards, six American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Awards, five New York Emmys, and more than a dozen Association of Food Journalists Awards to date.

Eater’s values imbue everything we do, from editorial coverage and hiring to working with contributors, vendors, and talent. Among those core values are diversity and inclusivity: We aim for our content to reflect the diversity of the regions we cover, highlighting a range of voices, cuisines, styles of dining, neighborhoods, and price points. We make it a point to shine light on underrepresented groups, and to seek out restaurants, food experiences, and perspectives that are often overlooked. We also strive for a diversity of perspective, background, and experience when we work with individuals, whether that be freelance writers, photographers, chefs, on-camera talent, vendor partners, or production professionals. We make continual efforts to uphold these standards across the entire Eater team, as well as external partnerships.

For more on our commitment to diversity in editorial content, check out our maps methodology here. Additionally, Eater maintains strict editorial standards around soliciting comped meals, conflicts of interest, plagiarism, and more. See our ethics statement for more.

Eater actively seeks pitches from journalists, writers, and other contributors of all backgrounds, especially those whose voices are often underrepresented in media. See our pitching guidelines for more details, including how and where to pitch ideas.

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