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.
Sarah Grueneberg
Sarah Grueneberg is the James Beard award-winning chef/partner of Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio in Chicago and the author of Listen To Your Vegetables.
Since her childhood cooking with her grandparents on their ranch in Victoria, Texas, Houston born-and-raised Sarah knew she was destined to work in the culinary world. After graduating from culinary school in 2001, she started her first career-changing job with a position at the iconic Brennan’s of Houston and by 2003 was named the restaurant’s youngest female sous chef. Sarah’s ongoing travels have taken her throughout Italy, Asia, Europe, and the U.S., inspiring her culinary approach of “following the food” and truly understanding “the dish” by knowing the people and culture that created it.
Sarah moved to Chicago in 2005 to join the team at the award-winning Spiaggia under the leadership of Tony Mantuano. Beginning as a line cook, she quickly rose the ranks to Chef di Cucina in 2008 and then Executive Chef in 2010.
Sarah opened Monteverde in November 2015 and in 2017. She received the James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef: Great Lakes” in 2019 and was a semifinalist for “Outstanding Chef” in 2020.
Monteverde has earned acclaimed reviews from various outlets, including being named Chicago Magazine’s #1 Restaurant in the 50 Best Restaurants list of 2024. Monteverde earned a three-star review from The Chicago Tribune, and in 2016, it was named one of Food & Wine’s “America’s Best Restaurants.” Other accolades include a top 50 finalist position in Bon Appétit’s “Best New Restaurants,” being named to Eater’s “21 Best New Restaurants in America,” GQ’s “12 Best New Restaurants,” Eater Chicago’s "Restaurant of the Year,” the “Worth the Wait” award in Chicago Tribune Dining Awards, and one of Chicago Magazine’s “15 Best New Restaurants.” In 2017, Monteverde was named one of “America’s 38 Essential Restaurants” by Eater, and in 2018, it was awarded “Restaurant of the Year” by Jean Banchet Awards.
Sarah has been a competitor and finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef: Texas and Food Network’s Iron Chef Gauntlet, and was featured in the Chicago episode of Somebody Feed Phil. She has also been named a “Rising Star Chef” by Chicago Social magazine in 2009 and 2016 and Eater Chicago’s “Chef of the Year” in the 2011 Eater Awards. In fall 2022, Grueneberg published her first cookbook, Listen To Your Vegetables.
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