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ICYMI: Somerville Chef Finalist For James Beard Award

The James Beard Foundation decrees Sarma's Cassandra Piuma a finalist for 2015's Best Chef: Northeast designation.

Image: Cassandra Piuma. Source: Sarma website

News broke Tuesday that Sarma chef and proprietor Cassandra ”Cassie” Piuma landed on the list of finalists for the 2015 James Beard Best Chef: Northeast Award, alongside four other esteemed foodsmiths.

Having its helmswoman placed among Beard’s five best chefs in the region bodes well for Sarma, which specializes in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern “meze”-style highbrow munches, and opened in Somerville relatively recently, in 2013.

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This year’s James Beard Awards ceremony occurs in Chicago on May 4. Read the complete list of nominees here.

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