Irene Li
Irene Shiang Li is a Boston-based chef and restaurateur and a winner of a 2022 James Beard Leadership Award. The youngest person to win the award (32), Li is also a six time finalist in the Rising Star Chef category.A self taught chef, Li founded Mei Mei as a food truck, Mei Mei Street Kitchen, with brother Andrew and sister Margaret in 2012. Mei Mei means little sister in Mandarin. They opened Mei Mei Restaurant a year later in 2013, and Mei Mei now operates as a dumpling company, teaching virtual classes and selling packaged dumplings at farmers markets with their headquarters in South Boston. During COVID-19, Li co-founded [http://projectrestoreus.org Project Restore Us] with Marena Lin, Lily Huang and Tracy Chang, which is a nonprofit that sought to use the restaurant supply chain to help feed immigrant and working-class families.
In 2022, Irene co-founded [http://prepshift.co Prepshift], a coaching, consulting, and workforce training business with Dylan Gully and Carla Cornejo. Originally created as an online tool to help restaurant owners run their businesses, Prepshift is also a technical assistance partner to the City of Boston, City of Cambridge, and other entities.
Irene Li is the daughter of medical scientist Frederick Pei Li and granddaughter of military general Li Hanhun. Along with her sister Margaret, she is the co-author of ''Perfectly Good Food'' from W.W. Norton. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by MeiZhi Irene Li, Pei Sze Jeslyn Wong, Lee Ching Ng, Cheong Huat TanGet access
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2by Meizhi Irene Li, Diyar Mailepessov, Indra Vythilingam, Vernon Lee, Patrick Lam, Lee Ching Ng, Cheong Huat TanGet access
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3by Pei-Sze Jeslyn Wong, Mei-zhi Irene Li, Chee-Seng Chong, Lee-Ching Ng, Cheong-Huat TanGet access
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4by Cheong Huat Tan, PeiSze Jeslyn Wong, Meizhi Irene Li, HuiTing Yang, Lee Ching Ng, Scott Leslie O'NeillGet access
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5by Steven Jones, Gregory Taylor, Simon Chan, René Warren, S. Hammond, Steven Bilobram, Gideon Mordecai, Curtis Suttle, Kristina Miller, Angela Schulze, Amy Chan, Samantha Jones, Kane Tse, Irene Li, Dorothy Cheung, Karen Mungall, Caleb Choo, Adrian Ally, Noreen Dhalla, Angela Tam, Armelle Troussard, Heather Kirk, Pawan Pandoh, Daniel Paulino, Robin Coope, Andrew Mungall, Richard Moore, Yongjun Zhao, Inanc Birol, Yussanne Ma, Marco Marra, Martin HaulenaGet access
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6by Steven J. M. Jones, Gregory A. Taylor, Simon Chan, René L. Warren, S. Austin Hammond, Steven Bilobram, Gideon Mordecai, Curtis A. Suttle, Kristina M. Miller, Angela Schulze, Amy M. Chan, Samantha J. Jones, Kane Tse, Irene Li, Dorothy Cheung, Karen L. Mungall, Caleb Choo, Adrian Ally, Noreen Dhalla, Angela K. Y. Tam, Armelle Troussard, Heather Kirk, Pawan Pandoh, Daniel Paulino, Robin J. N. Coope, Andrew J. Mungall, Richard Moore, Yongjun Zhao, Inanc Birol, Yussanne Ma, Marco Marra, Martin HaulenaGet access
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