Person
Elazar Sontag
Food critic, Washington Post
Elazar Sontag is food critic at the Washington Post. He's a James Beard Award-nominated editor and journalist and a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. He's the former restaurant editor at Bon Appétit, where he oversaw major packages including the annual Best New Restaurants list. Packages he led at Bon Appétit have been nominated for six National Magazine Awards.
Total Experience: 12 years and 11 months
Career map
202220242026
Food Critic - The Washington Post11 months
Restaurant Editor - Bon Appetit3 years and 7 months
Work Education
1Experience
- WPFood Critic - The Washington PostCurrentNov 2025 - Present (11 months)
- BARestaurant Editor - Bon AppetitFeb 2022 - Sep 2025 (3 years and 7 months) in New York, United States