An Evening with Cherry Bombe

Ashley Stanley

Ashley Stanley is the founder of Lovin’ Spoonfuls, which has rescued and distributed more than 5 million pounds of fresh, healthy food into the social service stream. In 2012, Lovin’ Spoonfuls was a two-time winner of the Mass Challenge competition, which is the largest global start-up accelerator. In 2013 Ashley was selected as one of the BBJ’s 2013 ’40 under 40′, which recognizes Boston’s most innovative business leaders. In 2014, Ashley was recognized by The Boston Globe as a ‘Game Changer, and in Boston Magazine‘s ‘Power of Ideas’.  She is one of Oxfam International’s Sisters of the Planet Ambassadors. A Fellow at The 2013 Nantucket Project, she’s also a member of TEDWomen and a TEDx community speaker.

Jennifer Broutin Farah

Jennifer Broutin Farah is the award-winning co-founder & CEO of SproutsIO, leading the development of new technologies that redefine our interaction with food. She earned an M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, an M.S. Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University, and a BArch from the University of Miami. Jennifer has taught at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and at the New York City College of Technology. 

Joanne Chang

James Beard Award-winning chef Joanne Chang opened the first Flour bakery in 2000. 20 years later, she now operates nine Flour bakeries and sister restaurant Myers + Chang in Boston/Cambridge with her husband and business partner Christopher Myers. Joanne, Flour, and Myers + Chang have garnered local and national recognition from Gourmet, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, the New York Times, the Food Network, Conde Nast Traveler, Inc. Magazine, O Magazine, Boston Magazine, and the Boston Globe. She is the author of five cookbooks, teaches and advises local pastry cooks, and has launched an IGTV series Flour Love (#flourlove) on Instagram featuring a collection baking kits with baking demonstration videos.

Photo Credit: Plum+Port Photography

Jody Adams

Jody Adams is the chef and co-owner at Boston restaurants TRADE, Saloniki, and Porto. For 22 years she ran Rialto in Cambridge, during which time she won the James Beard Foundation Award and published a cookbook, In the Hands of a Chef. She has been praised for her creativity, support of local farmers, continuous charitable work, and business acumen. In 2008, she launched an internal educational program, Guerilla Grilling, designed to connect her staff to the farmers and artisan producers that supply the restaurant. She is committed to supporting The Greater Boston Food Bank, Share Our Strength and Partners In Health. In October 2010 Jody was presented with the Humanitarian of the Year award by Share Our Strength.

Kerry Diamond

Kerry Diamond is the co-founder and editorial director of Cherry Bombe, a biannual indie magazine about women and food. She's also the host of the Radio Cherry Bombe podcast and co-owner of the Brooklyn eateries Nightingale Nine, Wilma Jean, and Smith Canteen. Previously, she was an editor at Harper's Bazaar and Women's Wear Daily.

Tracy Chang

Tracy Chang’s love for the restaurant industry began at an early age at her grandmother’s Japanese restaurant in Cambridge. She has previously worked at O Ya, studied with MOF Pâtissier Nicolas Bernardé at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, and cooked alongside Chef Martín Berasategui in Spain. Upon her return to Boston, Chang officially joined the Harvard Science and Cooking program as a teaching fellow. With the help of Jesse Baerkahn and his team at Graffito SP, she found the perfect home for PAGU on Mass. Ave., between Central Square and MIT, the hub of innovation. Chang looks forward to feeding the community and continuing her grandmother’s legacy for many years to come.