Kate Cherven

My two passions are learning about cultures and understanding the relationship between people, food and the environment.


My personal goal is, through understanding cultures and societies, to connect people to food by developing customer centric marketing strategies, powerful and relevant stories, and identifying opportunities for growth through analysis.


I'm a creative, strategic and critical thinker with a background in food writing, communications, marketing, project management, fundraising and event planning. I am a person who embraces change whilst always striving for excellence with a strong team-first mentality.


My background is in marketing and communications with over 5 years of international experience within the non-profit industries. I look forward to growing my career in Boston while I finish my MLA in Gastronomy part-time at Boston University.

Scott Carr - Laser Group

Laser Group is a leading network of electrical and plumbing contractors in New Zealand and Australia, with 98 members nationally. Reaching out is easier than you think Scott believes what Laser Group is doing for the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) in New Zealand is something other businesses can do too. Laser Group’s relationship with the MHF was inspired following their Australian counterpart’s decision to support a non-profit mental health organisation called beyondblue. The Aussie company
Boston Chefs •

Beer & Salad, Surprise Besties

Beer and salad may seem like an unconventional pairing, but the greens growers at Little Leaf Farms and the peeps at Maine’s Allagash Brewing Company will convince you that the two can play together very nicely — especially as spring rolls around and you’re craving light, crisp (and, of course, delicious) flavors. As the proof is in the eating (and the drinking), they’ve created not one but two recipes that’ll put any doubts about this duo to rest.
Book Published by Smith & Kraus •

Kiss or Kill: Contact Scenes of Love and Strife for Young Actors

My one-act play “Positive” was produced in California by the Actors’ Theatre of Santa Cruz, in the Young Playwright’s Festival. Then the play was published in "Kiss or Kill: Contact Scenes of Love and Strife for Young Actors", by Wilma Marcus Chandler and Steve Ramshur. June 2009. This is an acting book for young actors and students, providing them with a variety of plays from different backgrounds and writers, to exemplify differing styles. I was honored to be one of those writers thanks to Wilma Marcus Chandler. She saw the production of my play in Santa Cruz, California and contacted me afterwards asking if the play could be part of her book.