Tanya Steel

Epicurious is Condé Nast’s award-winning digital food brand that reaches more than 6 million passionate food enthusiasts each month. With more than 180,000 recipes from premier brands in food journalism, chefs, cookbooks and users, Epicurious offers a wealth of original content, videos and tips focused on all aspects of cooking and entertaining.

Ms. Steel is a more than 20-year veteran of the media industry. Prior to joining Epicurious in 2005, she served as New York Editor for Bon Appétit magazine for 10 years, where she founded and authored the "Restaurant Reporter," "American Food and Entertaining Awards," and "Starters" columns, as well as the annual "How America Eats" survey. Before joining Bon Appétit, Ms. Steel held editorial positions at Food & Wine, Mademoiselle, and Diversion magazines. She has also written extensively for other national publications, including The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Child and Cosmopolitan.

Ms. Steel was inducted into MIN's Digital Hall of Fame in 2010 for her leadership in making Epicurious.com the most award-winning food site on the internet. As an author, she won the prestigious James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique, 2003, and is also a James Beard Restaurant Judge. She also currently serves as a member of the American Society of Magazine Editors.

In 2008, Ms. Steel coauthored the award-winning Real Food for Healthy Kids, a comprehensive, practical resource for wholesome, healthful meals for children of all ages, published by HarperCollins. As part of her personal passion around the subject, Ms. Steel initiated an effort to editorially support “Let’s Move,” the First Lady’s comprehensive initiative to address childhood obesity, and is an avid supporter of Feeding America, the nation's largest network of food banks.

Ms. Steel appears frequently as an epicurean authority on national news and entertainment programs, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, CNN, Fox & Friends, Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef, Iron Chef and Access Hollywood. She has also appeared in many national media satellite tours.

Born in London, Ms. Steel grew up in New York City and now resides in Westchester with her husband and twin sons.