Sunday, January 18th 2026
The Kitchn is Apartment Therapy Media’s food website. They’re seeking pitches from freelance shopping writers:
“I’m looking for insightful, unexpected, and/or absolutely delicious grocery and kitchen stories with a shopping angle to feature on The Kitchn in March.
Ideally, these would be reviews or reported features of the budget-friendly kitchen appliance or cookware everyone ought to own, the frozen food(s) you always buy online, the 1-ingredient upgrade you learned from a chef or working in a kitchen, or the unexpected organization/cleaning/etc trick you learned from your mom, just to name a few examples.”
Rates begin at $150 for a 300-word story. If interested, send your pitches to micki.wagner@thekitchn.com.” To learn more, refer to their shopping writer’s post. To contact them, refer to this page.
Deadline: January 23rd, 2026
Sunday, February 16th 2025
The Kitchn is Apartment Therapy Media’s food website. Their senior editor is seeking “new voices who have ingenious advice and strong opinions about the groceries we buy and the retailers we buy them from.” One area they’re interested in exploring right now is “the freezer aisle, and specifically frozen dinners and how they've changed (or not!) in 2025.” Rates begin at $150 for a 300-word story. Pitches should be sent to mara.weinraub@thekitchn.com. To read their senior editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Tuesday, September 24th 2024
The Kitchn is Apartment Therapy Media’s food website. Their senior editor is looking to assign a feature for World Mental Health Day (October 10). Please share your story with them if “cooking has helped with your mental health or having a mental illness made cooking challenging.” Rates begin at $300. If interested, send your pitches to paulina@thekitchn.com. To read their senior editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Sunday, June 16th 2024
The Kitchn is Apartment Therapy Media’s food website. Their senior editor is seeking “pitches about reported TikTok trends, viral food movements people won’t stop talking about, and recipes that are blowing up on social media.” They’re looking to assign 2 stories this month. Rates begin at $250. If interested, email your pitches to paulina@thekitchn.com. To read their senior editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Tuesday, May 21st 2024
The Kitchn is Apartment Therapy Media’s food website. Their senior editor is commissioning a personal essay for Juneteenth. The theme is food traditions or recipes famous among Black families. Rates begin at $300. If interested, send your pitches to paulina@thekitchn.com. To read their senior editor’s post, click here. To visit their contact page, click here.
Saturday, February 17th 2024
The Kitchn (Apartment Therapy Media’s
food website) is seeking writers who are interested in taking on assignments.
They want people who have celebrity interviewing experience or recipe reviewers
who have food photography experience. Rates begin at $250. If interested, email relevant clips to paulina@thekitchn.com. To learn more,
refer to their senior editor’s post.
To contact them, refer to this page.