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JJ Gonson
personal chef and food activist, Cuisine en Locale
JJ Gonson is a mom and self-trained personal chef with over 25 years of experience in kitchens of all kinds, in a lot of places. She is a strong advocate of real food and endeavors to use locally sourced and grown ingredients in her cooking. With her team, Cuisine en Locale, she supports the farm to table movement by working directly with farmers to put the freshest, most healthy and most delicious food on her party tables. Cuisine en Locale has been named Best Personal Chef by Boston Magazine.