Brad Leone

About
Brad Leone is a Test Kitchen Video host and Former Test Kitchen Manager for Bon Appétit magazine. Brad is the host of the popular shows It's Alive with Brad and It's Alive: Goin Places. He has been with Bon Appétit Magazine since September 11, 2011 and continues to work as a Test Kitchen Video Host. His main presence on the channel involves his show, It's Alive with Brad, created, edited and recorded by Matt Hunziker (AKA "Hunzi"). Brad has since gone on to assist in both seasons of Making Perfect, Test Kitchen Talks, and From The Test Kitchen.

Education
At age 26, Brad began to attend the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City.

Work
Bon Appétit Magazine

After graduation, Brad was hired at Bon Appétit Magazine originally as a Test Kitchen Assistant, involving shopping, dishwashing, and cleaning up in the Test Kitchen. Leone himself described the position as "(To be added"). In 2016, Alex Grossman conceived the idea for a video series focused on Brad's knowledge and cooking on fermentation. The first video, where Brad made Kombucha from scratch, was put away for 8 months before being discovered by Vincent Cross, a camera editor at Bon Appétit. Cross encouraged the video's release, and it was published to YouTube on October 21, 2016. Brad continued to make videos as the Test Kitchen Manager, even starring in a spinoff titled, It's Alive: Goin Places that aired its first episode on March 27, 2019.