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Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star Molly Baz resigns in solidarity amid controversy

Yet another Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star has resigned — but this time in solidarity with colleagues at the controversy-ridden video channel.

Molly Baz, the senior food editor at Bon Appétit, announced her exit Friday to show support for three colleagues who left the channel. Bon Appétit Test Kitchen contributing writer Priya Krishna, assistant food editor Sohla El-Waylly and contributing food editor Rick Martinez — who make up half of the six people of color featured on the site — announced their departures on Thursday.

“Yesterday we lost three valuable members of our video team,” Baz wrote on Instagram. “I support their decisions unequivocally and am extremely disheartened that Condé Nast Entertainment was unable to provide them contracts that they felt were fair and equitable. I wish I had more to share with you after months of silence, as I know you have all been waiting for change along with me. Sadly, I do not. It is for this reason that I’ve asked CNE to release me from the video obligations of my contract. I will no longer appear on the BA YouTube Channel.”

She goes on to say that she will “continue to work at the magazine as it rebuilds,” explaining that it “is a separate entity from CNE.”

Krishna, El-Waylly and Martinez had been in five weeks of contract negotiations before their exits, reported Business Insider. El-Waylly will continue to write recipes and Krishna and Martinez will do editorial freelance work for the magazine and website.

Krishna posted a long statement on Twitter discussing the outlet’s “public reckoning.”

The Condé Nast publication has been embroiled in controversy as of late, regarding diversity. In June, Bon Appétit’s longtime Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport resigned after a photo surfaced that showed him in brownface. Matt Duckor, head of Condé Nast Entertainment’s lifestyle video programming, stepped down that same month amid allegations that he didn’t feature people of color in Bon Appétit Test Kitchen videos and paid them less than their white colleagues.