Conference Speaker:

Chef Shenarri Freeman, aka "Shenarri Greens" is the Executive Chef of Cadence, a plant-based restaurant with Southern soul in New York’s East Village. At Cadence, Chef Shenarri, a 2022 James Beard Award semifinalist for Emerging Chef, taps into her Virginia upbringing and vegan ethos, and spotlights Southern foodways through the lens of health and sustainability. Many of Chef Shenarri's signature dishes have roots in the foods she enjoyed at home with her family, all reimagined in plant-based form. The New York Times called Cadence one of the top 10 new New York restaurants of 2021 as well as one their top 50 favorites in America. Esquire named it to their top 40 in America.