Best of 2020: Our Person of the Year, Paola Velez

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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If we had to pick a person of the year for Cherry Bombe, it would definitely be Paola Velez. She is the co-founder of Bakers against Racism, a global bake sale that raised almost $2 million this year for causes related to Black Lives Matter. It was a tremendous feat that galvanized the baking community around the world. For her day job, Paola is the executive pastry chef at Compass Rose, Maydan, and La Bodega Bakery in Washington, D.C. She is also the cover girl of the most recent issue of Cherry Bombe Magazine. Paola joined us earlier this summer when Bakers Against Racism had first launched and she was still working at Kith/Kin restaurant in D.C. She was candid about her journey through the industry and the challenges she has faced along the way. Tune in to hear how her passion, drive, and sense of self-worth have won out time and time again.

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0:00.0	Every day is a new day and everything that happened yesterday is not going to hold back my today.
0:08.0	Boys and girls are all fired up
0:16.5	Boys and girls are all fired up
0:19.3	Whole world's chicken, drinking baby and we are all bad at it. Whole world's chicken, drinking, baby, and we're on bad at.
0:26.8	Hey, Bomb Squad.
0:28.3	Welcome to Radio Cherry Bomb, the show that's all about women and food.
0:32.4	I'm your host, Carrie Diamond, coming to you from Brooklyn, New York.
0:36.6	If I had to pick a person of the year for Cherry Bomb,
0:39.3	it would definitely be Paola Veles. She is the co-founder of Bakers Against Racism, a global
0:45.3	bake sale that raised probably more than $2 million at this point for causes related to Black Lives
0:50.8	Matter. That is a tremendous feat, and so many of you took part and came together
0:56.1	as a community, galvanized by Paola and her co-founders. Today, Paola is the executive pastry chef
1:02.3	at Compass Rose, Maidan, and La Bodega Bakery in Washington, D.C. And she is the cover girl of the most
1:09.6	recent issue of Cherry Bomb magazine.
1:12.5	Paola and I had a great conversation earlier this year about her life and career,
1:17.1	and we're bringing it to you as a holiday rebroadcast.
1:20.2	I hope you enjoy learning more about this very special individual who is leaving a big mark on the food world.
1:26.9	Let's thank Kerry Gold, the maker of beautiful butter and cheese from Irish grass-fed dairy,
1:31.7	for supporting this episode.
1:33.3	If you are baking, and I know many of you are, I hope you're using Carrie Gold.
1:37.9	Speaking of Carrey Gold, they also co-sponsored our holiday baking extravaganza,
1:42.6	along with Amazon Home.
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