Barbara Fairchild is a food journalist who was the editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit from 2000 until 2011.
[1] She moved to Los Angeles at a young age and grew up in Studio City.
[2] She discovered her passion for food and cooking at a young age,[3] and after graduating from California State University, Northridge in 1972 with a degree in journalism, she went to work first for radio station KGIL-AM as a news writer,[1] then for Carte Blanche Magazine, and then later Bon Appetit in 1978 as an editorial assistant.
[2][4] Fairchild spent 32 years with Bon Appétit, culminating with her appointment as editor-in-chief in 2000.
[2][5][6][7] Since 2011 she has worked as a columnist, freelance food and travel writer, editor, public speaker, radio personality, and consultant.