Jubilee Keynote Speaker:
Gloria Steinem!
Cherry Bombe is honored to announce that Gloria Steinem is our closing speaker at this year’s Jubilee conference, taking place Saturday, April 12th, in New York City.
Jubilee Keynote Speaker:
Cherry Bombe is honored to announce that Gloria Steinem is our closing speaker at this year’s Jubilee conference, taking place Saturday, April 12th, in New York City.
Caroline Styne
Raised in Los Angeles and educated in Santa Barbara, Caroline Styne planned a career as a professional in the art world but the restaurant business called to her. In 1994, she teamed with celebrated restaurateur Sean MacPherson at Jones in Hollywood. While there, she was introduced to Suzanne Goin. The meeting was life-changing for both and led to the opening of their flagship restaurant, Lucques, in 1998.
With Suzanne’s culinary talent and Caroline’s business acumen they made a formidable creative team. The restaurant met with instant success and their efforts helped her partner to be recognized as one of Food & Wine’s “Best New Chefs” in 1999. Lucques received praise from Condé Nast Traveler, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, and Saveur, including a prestigious 3-star review by the Los Angeles Times. Caroline has served as the restaurant’s sommelier and wine director from the beginning, and has received multiple Awards of Excellence from Wine Spectator.
The partners’ second endeavor was A.O.C., located on West Third Street in Los Angeles in 2002, featuring the groundbreaking concept of Caroline’s selections of inspired wines by the glass and Suzanne’s small plates menu. In its opening year, the restaurant received numerous favorable reviews and was named one of Conde Nast Traveler’s “50 Hot Tables” and “Best New Wine List” by Food & Wine. As at Lucques, the wine list at A.O.C. has received awards from Wine Spectator. A.O.C. was inducted into the prestigious Restaurant Hall of Fame by the Los Angeles Times in 2024.
Caroline’s hospitality philosophy and keen business acumen has been a major contribution to the growth of The Lucques Group since the opening of their first restaurant. Today, she oversees business affairs at the company’s operations in Los Angeles, all of which are considered among the best in the city. In 2014, Caroline was one of a distinguished panel of jurors for the James Beard Foundation that served as the judging authority for the year’s Restaurant Design Awards. She also shared other nominations with partner Suzanne Goin when Lucques was honored for Best Service and A.O.C. was acknowledged for Outstanding Wine Program by the James Beard Foundation. After five years of nominations for the James Beard Awards, Caroline received the coveted award for Restaurateur of Year in 2018 in recognition for her achievements with The Lucques Group.
Caroline and Suzanne, along with David Lentz, are co-founders of L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, their fundraiser benefiting research for childhood cancer which has raised over $11.3 million since its inception in 2010.
In 2021, Suzanne and Caroline partnered with the Proper Hotel Group to open three concepts in their Downtown Los Angeles location, including the ground floor three-meal Caldo Verde, rooftop bar and restaurant Cara Cara, and Dahlia cocktail lounge.
Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne are founding members in the Independent Restaurant Coalition whose work was instrumental in achieving over $28.6 billion in government grant programs for restaurants and bars throughout the United States.
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