December 5, 2024

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Bon Appetit Implosion Inspires HBO Max Comedy Series (Exclusive)

Adam Rapoport’s previous assistant Ryan Walker-Hartshorn will serve as a expert on the 50 %-hour progress ‘Enjoy Your Meal.’

Bon Appétit‘s unraveling is having the scripted treatment.

HBO Max is developing a new comedy sequence, Take pleasure in Your Food, that satirically examines the poisonous tradition of the foodstuff media industry. For each the logline, the 50 percent-hour demonstrate will “attract inspiration from the numerous media scandals of summertime 2020 and these days, concentrating on a cohort of youthful assistants of color who increase up to tear their cookie cutter company society apart.”

Former Bon Appétit staff Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, who utilised to be previous editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport’s assistant and the only black female on employees, will serve as a specialist on the series. Amy Aniobi, an Insecure author and government producer who has an general deal at HBO, will pen the script. Aniobi will also government deliver Love Your Meal, along with The Young children Are All Correct‘s Galt Niederhoffer and Monica Villarreal for Authentic Administration Productions and history producer Drew Dixon, the major issue of the HBO Max documentary On the History.

Bon Appétit first arrived underneath scrutiny final summer time, when a photo of Rapoport in brownface surfaced, finally main to his ousting. Staffers alleged that his behavior was indicative of larger cultural problems at the magazine, which they say fostered racial discrimination. Assistant foods editor Sohla El-Waylly claimed that she experienced been made use of in “as a show of variety” in Bon Appétit’s “Check Kitchen” video clips and that she was not paid for numerous of her on-camera appearances. She and other “Take a look at Kitchen area” stars departed, citing unsuccessful attempts to negotiate for more equitable fork out.

Walker-Hartshorn, meanwhile, exposed to Enterprise Insider that she was compensated a foundation salary of $35,300 with no improves for almost a few a long time, and that when she questioned Rapoport for a increase, he explained to her, “Well, probably you should take into consideration that this is not the appropriate task for you.” When in the position, she experienced to clean Rapoport’s golf golf equipment, fetch his son’s passport and educate his wife how to use Google Calendar. “He treats me like the aid,” she stated at the time. Walker-Hartshorn left Bon Appétit in August, creating that in her future chapter, she preferred to “keep on championing Black tales and Black persons — wherever that may well be.”

Aniobi is repped by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham. Dixon is repped by UTA.