Tammie Teclemariam

Tammie Teclemariam (born c. 1990) is an American freelance food and wine writer. She is known for her social media posts about alleged racism in food and wine media organizations. Teclemarian’s tweet concerning a photo of Bon Appétit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport, which is perceived to be racially insensitive, led to his resignation from the magazine. Subsequently, several other individuals came forward with alleged instances of racism at the magazine. Other resignations of media figures have been connected to tweets by her.

Early life and education Teclemariam was born about 1990 to Eritrean immigrants and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her father is a librarian. At 16 she started attending St. John's College in Annapolis. She moved to France to go to pastry school, graduating from St. John's afterward. She did an apprenticeship in viticulture and winemaking at Clos Centeilles in Minervois, France.

Career Teclemariam started working in food and wine in 2011. She has written about food and wine for Wine Enthusiast, Eater, Taste, Epicurious, and Wirecutter. Over the next weeks, she tweeted about multiple food media figures' failure to address racial disparities in their organizations, tweets that were followed by multiple resignations in the food & wine media industry. Shortly afterward, Teclemariam tweeted a photo of Rapoport in racial brownface at a 2004 costume party. The photo showed Rappoport dressed in a "stereotypical Puerto Rican costume" of do-rag, sleeveless undershirt, and chains. Teclemariam captioned the photo, “I do not know why Adam Rapoport simply doesn’t write about Puerto Rican food for @bonappétit himself!!!” Teclemariam recalled that when she posted the photo, she had been unaware of the fact Bon Appétit employees had been complaining about the racial inequalities at the magazine. The New York Times said her tweet helped spur "a reckoning over institutional racism at the magazine." Teclemariam called for the removal of Matt Duckor, the VP of video for Condé Nast, who resigned the next day. She was scheduled to appear on the series, which was designed as an investigation of racism in food media and specifically at Bon Appétit. After accusations by former Gimlet employee Eric Eddings that Reply All, its hosts, and its parent company, Gimlet, themselves were guilty of nearly the identical kinds of mistreatment of employees of color as they were reporting on at Bon Appétit, the series was cancelled and the podcast itself paused before Teclemariam's episode was released.

In December 2021, Teclemariam was named the first ever Diner-at-Large for New York.

Personal life Teclemariam lives in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, with five housemates.