Cassie Piuma
Cassie Piuma is an American chef and restaurateur, at Sarma, a restaurant in Somerville, Massachusetts that she owns with Ana Sortun.[1] Her husband, Matthew Piuma, whom she met in college, is also a co-owner.[2]
Biography[edit]
Growing up in Duxbury, Massachusetts,[3] Piuma intended on a career in medicine. Instead of attending the University of Vermont, she went to Johnson & Wales University, graduating with a degree in culinary arts. While at school, she cooked at Providence restaurant Al Forno. She later moved to Boston and worked for Barbara Lynch at The Butcher Shop and Frank McClelland’s Sel de La Terre.[4]
Piuma also worked for Sortun at Oleana in Cambridge, Massachusetts, eventually becoming Chef de Cuisine. In 2013, they opened Sarma.[4]
Awards and honors[edit]
Piuma has been nominated multiple times for the James Beard Foundation Award Best chef in the Northeast category (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020[3] and 2022[5]). Boston (magazine), in 2020, named her Best Chef, General Excellence, in Boston,[6] In 2014, she was named Best Chef in the Up and Coming category.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chef Ana Sortun at Sarma in Somerville, MA". BostonChefs.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Bruzek, Allison; Becker, Deborah (April 21, 2017). "In The Kitchen With Sarma's Cassie Piuma". WBUR. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Meet Cassie Piuma". Sherri. and Lodgen. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Chef Cassie Piuma". Boston Chefs. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ Sudborough, Susannah (February 24, 2022). "Here are the Massachusetts nominees for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Awards". Boston.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Cassie Piuma, Sarma, Best Chef, General Excellence, in Boston". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Cassie Piuma, Sarma, Best Chef, in Boston". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2022.