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JOIN US IN Miami!
FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH
1 TO 3:30 P.M.
MATY’S
3255 NE 1st Ave
MIAMI
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sold out!
TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT!
The Future Of Food Is You podcast tour is coming to Miami! Join James Beard Award-winning podcast host Abena Anim-Somuah, Team Cherry Bombe, and local food folks for networking, a panel conversation, and, of course, great food & drink. Scroll below for the talent lineup.
Tickets are $30 and include the new spring issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine (which will debut at the event!), plus all bites and sips. Come meet other members of the Miami Bombesquad and learn about the folks shaping the future of food.
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check out the future of food is you,
a podcast for the next gen of food leaders
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LISTEN NOW
Meet THE TALENT
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VALERIA ALVAREZ
founder of peel!
Valeria is the founder of Peel!, a banana-based soft-serve shop, located in Miami Shores, that uses just two ingredients—bananas and coconut milk. Peel Soft Serve was built around the idea of repurposing bananas that would otherwise go to waste.
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EILENNE ANDRADE
chef & owner of amelia’s 1931, finka Table & tap, and barbakoa by finka
Miami chef Eileen Andrade, molded by her family's iconic Cuban restaurant, Islas Canarias, ventured into the culinary world early. Launching the CUBAN CUBE food truck with her brother, she explored her passion. A trip to South Korea in 2013 reshaped her approach to cooking, inspiring her to blend Latin and Asian flavors. In 2014, she opened Finka Table & Tap, a Korean-influenced Cuban restaurant, earning widespread acclaim. Following its success, she expanded with Amelia’s 1931 and Barbakoa by Finka. Amidst COVID-19 challenges, she transformed Amelia’s 1931 into a refined dining experience. Eileen's innovative cuisine and hospitality continue to captivate, promising an exciting future.
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katie june burton
founder of vaya vanilla
Katie has a unique understanding of the food industry with experience as a professional chef, recipe developer, photographer, and consultant. Katie has worked in commercial and private kitchens, led creative strategy at one of NYC’s top hospitality firms, concept developed Muchaaachos, an Argentinian restaurant in Miami, and has shot for leading chefs like Marcus Samuelsson, Joel Roubuchon, restaurants including Le’Atelier and Le Jardinier in Miami, Arca in Tulum, as well as for magazines like Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, and Condé Nast Traveler.
In 2019, Katie moved to Mexico City and discovered that Mexico was the birthplace of vanilla. Her passion for cooking and baking inspired her to create Vaya, a handmade Mexican vanilla brand to tell the origin story of the world’s most beloved spice.
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adrianne calvo
chef, restaurateur, cookbook author & host of searching for maximum flavor
Chef Adrianne Calvo is an award-winning Miami based restaurateur, cookbook author, Emmy-nominated YouTube show host, and podcaster known for her signature “Maximum Flavor” style. Her highly-acclaimed restaurants, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Bar and Cracked by Chef Adrianne, are a staple of must-eat-destination lists, and her popularity on Goldbelly spurred the upcoming launch of her online shop Baked by Chef Adrianne. With the publication of her first cookbook, Maximum Flavor, she became the youngest cookbook author ever at the time.
In her Emmy-nominated YouTube travel show, “Searching for Maximum Flavor,” Adrianne travels the world in search of exciting new ingredients and shows viewers how to incorporate them into their dishes at home. Her forthcoming podcast of the same name will turn up the heat on celebrity guests who are blindfolded and served mystery meals in the course of being interviewed.
When she is not creating in the kitchen or in front of the cameras, she pours her heart and soul into the Make It Count Foundation, a non-profit that she started in honor of her late sister Jennifer.
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VALERIE CHANG
chef & owner of maty’s, itamae, and b-side
Chef Valerie Chang grew up in Peru and moved to the United States when she was 10, where she spent her childhood watching her dad cook at a sushi restaurant. After a few kitchen stints of her own—including at Michael Solomonov’s Miami location of Dizengoff—she’s now the chef and owner of Maty's. Maty’s was named among Bon Appetit’s 24 Best New Restaurants and also earned a place on the New York Times’ Restaurant List, and Val and Nando were the first siblings to be named together to Food & Wine Magazine’s coveted Best New Chefs Class of 2023. Val has also been honored with a StarChefs Rising Star Game Changers award.
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KARLA HOYOS
chef & owner of Tacotomia and wck disaster relief chef
A native from Veracruz, Mexico, Karla Hoyos’ culinary journey was inspired by her family’s multi cultures. In late 2017, during a volunteer trip for Chefs for Puerto Rico, she connected with Chef José Andrés, who impressed by her culinary prowess and devotion aiding in the assistance to the victims of Hurricane Maria and offered her the position of Executive Chef for his restaurant The Bazaar by Jose Andres in South Beach. After leaving The Bazaar in June 2021, Karla joined World Central Kitchen, leading kitchens in different countries, including Haiti, Ukraine, Bahamas, and Bangladesh. In June 2023, she opened Tacotomia, a concept that makes food inspired in her grandmothers cooking and her Mexican roots.
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JAMILA n. WEST
managing partner at rosie’s
Jamila N. West is a veteran food and beverage operator whose career has spanned from New York to L.A. to the Middle East and now Miami. Since graduating from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, Jamila’s professional experiences have attributed to her passion for travel and working within culturally based dining concepts. She is an accredited entrepreneur thanks to her first venture The Copper Door B&B and now Rosie’s. Rosie’s is a Southern brunch concept based by the culinary memories of her husband, Chef Akino West. The restaurant has been awarded a Bib Gourmand by The Michelin Guide and was led by her direction when it’s Executive Chef received a semi-nomination by The James Beard Foundation last year.
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Abena Anim-Somuah
The Future of Food is You HOST
Abena Anim-Somuah is the host of Cherry Bombe’s next gen podcast, The Future Of Food Is You, and won the 2023 James Beard Award for Broadcast Media Emerging Voice.
Abena is someone who lives their life in pursuit of food. After years of baking to relax from her stressful job, she started @baking_beanss as a means to share that experience and get people excited about baking. She talks about her food adventures in her newsletter, Le Digestif, a literary version of your food enthusiast friend. She also runs her company, The Eden Place, an emerging social club centering communities around food.
Abena splits time between New York and Mexico City, where you can find her dining out at some new restaurants, browsing through the farmers market, or in search of the next cookbook for her library.
ABOUT THE VENUE
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Chef Valerie Chang of Itamae opened her new venue, Maty’s, in 2023. The restaurant features Peruvian flavors, served family-style.
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Maty’s is ADA accessible. Please contact us at info@cherrybombe.com if you require additional accommodations.
Question about attending? Email us at info@cherrybombe.com
TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE, BUT YOU CAN TRANSFER THEM TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL