Cristina Bowerman is an Italian chef, who still holds a Michelin star for her work at Glass Hostaria, Rome. Having studied foreign languages and law and worked as a graphic designer, she turned to food by enrolling at Le Cordon Bleu and studying culinary arts at the TXCA in Austin, Texas. Cristina returned to Italy - gaining practical cooking experience at Il Convivio Troiani, Rome - and joined Glass Hostaria in 2006. In 2010, the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star (a recognition maintained to this day). 

Cristina Bowerman’s commitment to sustainability and doing social good has been part of everything she has done professionally. In particular, she has championed women in the still male-dominated culinary world. She has received countless awards for her advocacy work, is a signatory of the Chef’s Manifesto (which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture) and, in 2021, contributed to fellow chef Massimo Bottura's Refettorio | Food for Soul initiative with the 'Barbie' project. Since 2016 she has sat on the commission for the creation of the Food Act at Italy’s Ministero dell'agricoltura della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste as founder and President for six years of the national association Ambasciatori del Gusto. In 2018 she was appointed member of the Steering Committee of the degree course in Food and Wine Sciences and Cultures at the University of Rome and she has worked as an Ambassador of the Mediterranean Diet, spoken at the Davos World Economic Forum (on food education) and collaborated as lecturer with many Universities including Bocconi University in Milan, Bologna Business School, University of Illinois and Luiss in Rome. She is currently serving as Ambassador for Rise Against Hunger and Waste Watchers International Observatory helping to launch the Sprecometro application for restaurants.