Irene Li
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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 (31), Li is also a six time finalist in the Rising Star Chef category.
A self taught chef, Li founded Mei Mei Dumplings with her sisters. Originally a family run restaurant founded in 2011 with brother Andrew and sister Margaret, they founded the Mei Mei Street Kitchen.
With Lily Huang and Tiffany Chang, in 2020 they founded Project Restore Us which is a nonprofit that sought to use a restaurant's supply chain to help feed immigrant and working-class families. Prepshift was created as an online tool to help restaurant owners run their businesses.
Mei Mei means little sister in Mandarin.
External links
- "How Irene Li Strives To Keep Mei Mei In Boston Alive". Forbes. December 4, 2020.
- A young Boston restaurateur who’s helping to change the game