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.
Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated producer, television host, food expert, and a New York Times best-selling author. In 2023, she was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People.
She is the creator, host, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Hulu series Taste the Nation, which premiered its second season in May 2023 and received four Critics Choice Real TV Nominations. Taste the Nation is the recipient of a 2021 Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Culinary Series, a 2021 Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Series, and 2022 Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Show Host. In June 2022, Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition won a James Beard Foundation Award in the Visual Media - Long Form category.
Padma also served as host and executive producer of Bravo’s two-time Emmy-winning series Top Chef, until she departed at the end of its 20th season. Top Chef has been nominated for 50 Emmys, including her four-time nomination as Outstanding Host for A Reality-Competition Program. In 2022, she accepted two Critics Choice Real TV Awards for Best Culinary Show and Best Competition Series on behalf of Top Chef as well as an award for Best Show Host.
She is an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Artist Ambassador for immigrants' rights and women's rights. Lakshmi was also appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Padma is a prolific author, writing the best-selling Easy Exotic, which won the Best First Book award at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. She followed this with the publication of her second cookbook, Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet, and her memoir The New York Times best-selling Love, Loss, and What We Ate. She later published The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs. In August of 2021, she published her first children’s book, Tomatoes for Neela, which was also a The New York Times best-seller.
In addition to her food writing, Padma has also contributed to Vogue, Gourmet, both British and American Harper’s Bazaar, as well as penning a syndicated column on fashion and food for The New York Times.