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Cat Silirie
Cat Silirie is a wine consultant who has won the National James Beard Award for Excellence for Outstanding Wine Programs. Cat has served as the Executive Wine Director at Boston restaurants including Menton, No.9 Park, Sportello, The Butcher Shop, B&G Oysters, Drink, Stir, Rocco's, The Harvest, Galleria Italiana and Grill 23.
In addition to her James Beard Best Wine Program award, Cat is the recipient of numerous accolades, including multiple awards for Boston Magazine's Best of Boston for both Best Sommelier and Best Wine Programs.
Other accolades for her work include Wine Enthusiast Magazine's Menton in "Top-100 Wine Restaurants", "Best Wine Bar” via Improper Bostonian for her wine program at Boston's The Butcher Shop. The Boston Globe’s Devra First has described Cat Silirie's food and wine pairings during her tenure at Menton as “transcendent with every course”. The Boston Globe featured Cat Silirie in a profile headlined "Boston's Female Wine Experts Are Breaking The (Wine) Glass Ceiling"
Kay Rentschler of the New York Times wrote of Cat as “Boston’s pre-eminent sommelier”.
photo credit: Wayne Chinnock