Editor in Chief of Cook's Illustrated Magazine
Elevated to Top ATK Creative Role as Longtime Leader and Founding
Team Member Jack Bishop Shifts into New Role
BOSTON, June 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- America's Test Kitchen
(ATK), a seminal brand in culinary media, announced today that
Dan Souza, Editor in Chief of
Cook's Illustrated magazine, will step into the media
company's top creative role of Chief Content Officer (CCO)
effective immediately. As CCO, Souza will oversee all ATK content,
providing creative direction across platforms, including
television, video, digital, magazines, books, YouTube, social
media, and podcasts.
As a tenured leader who has been with America's Test Kitchen
since 2008, Souza is uniquely positioned to carry forward and
expand upon ATK's creative legacy and mission to empower and
inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. He
will be responsible for the continued evolution of content across
all ATK brands: America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Illustrated, and
Cook's Country. Souza has made a considerable impact on the
business over the years, playing a key role in the success and
popularity of ATK original content, including helming the acclaimed
Cook's Illustrated magazine, appearing as a key member of
the America's Test Kitchen TV show, and launching the
successful What's Eating Dan? YouTube series.
"We could not be more pleased to have Dan Souza take the creative reins for ATK and
continue the legacy established by Jack
Bishop's pioneering leadership," said Dan Suratt, America's Test Kitchen CEO. "Dan is
a singular talent with deep experience across the business. He has
an exciting forward-looking vision for ATK that continues to make
the science behind cooking accessible with his distinct knack for
connecting with people through storytelling."
"Dan's experience as an editor, writer, recipe developer, food
science expert, television and YouTube personality, and social
influencer make him the perfect choice to lead the content teams.
In his seven years as Editor in Chief of Cook's Illustrated,
Dan has rejuvenated this storied brand and made the magazine the
best it's ever been," said Jack
Bishop, ATK's outgoing Chief Creative Officer. "I look
forward to seeing what Dan does next as America's Test Kitchen
continues its mission of empowering and educating home cooks."
Souza brings over 16 years of experience leading and founding
key elements of the America's Test Kitchen portfolio:
- Under Souza's leadership as Editor in Chief since
2017, ATK's flagship magazine Cook's Illustrated won
the magazine industry's top national magazine honor from the
American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), recognized for General
Excellence in the service and lifestyle category in 2023.
- Souza has been a cast member, test cook, and resident on-air
science expert on America's Test Kitchen for 12 seasons and
is the lead judge for the Amazon show America's Test Kitchen:
The Next Generation.
- Over the course of his tenure, Souza helped launch ATK's
YouTube channel and is the creator and host of the popular series,
What's Eating Dan?, ATK's first original YouTube show.
- Souza has authored hundreds of recipes for ATK magazines and
television shows and contributed to over a dozen cookbooks,
including the New York Times
best seller The Science of Good Cooking (2012) and James
Beard Award–nominated Cook's Science (2016).
- His personal stories have appeared on the Peabody Award–winning
The Moth Radio Hour and he is a regular expert sought after
for print, podcast, radio, and television interviews with outlets
such as NPR, The Splendid Table radio show, Good Morning
America, and The Drew Barrymore Show, among others.
"It is the honor of my career to take on this role from my
mentor and friend, Jack Bishop,"
said Souza. "America's Test Kitchen is a venerated culinary media
institution that has been near to my heart since my early days
working in restaurant kitchens. I'm thrilled to carry on ATK's long
tradition of excellence and continue revolutionizing how
generations of Americans cook."
Souza is a Boston-area native
and lives in Jamaica Plain. He
graduated first in his class from The Culinary
Institute of America and holds a Bachelor of Science in
Business from the University of
Richmond. Before joining America's Test Kitchen, Souza
cooked in restaurants in New York,
Boston, and Hungary.
Bishop, who has set the creative direction for ATK's broad media
portfolio since 2015, will continue to appear on America's Test
Kitchen, America's most-watched cooking show on public
television celebrating 25 years this fall, and Amazon's
America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation competition show
and will oversee additional creative projects.
The search for a new Editor in Chief of Cook's
Illustrated magazine will commence immediately.
About America's Test Kitchen
The mission of America's Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and
inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen.
Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking
resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America's Test
Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America's Test Kitchen: The Next
Generation), magazines (Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country),
cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video
series, and the ATK All-Access subscription for digital content.
Located in a state-of-the-art, 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in
Boston's Seaport District, ATK has
earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to
its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty
full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and
product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find
the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques.
Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.
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