In the past decade, Boston Bakes has raised more than &36280,000, according to organizer Carol Brownman Sneider, who was 16 years old when she
lost her 44-year-old mother Eva Brownman to breast cancer. “This year, when the economy went south, I was so afraid to even call the restaurants,” said Sneider. “(But) I have more participating this year than last.” Every year, Boston Bakes is dedicated to a local chef’s relative who battled breast cancer. The 2009 honoree is Lucy Fonseca, the 92-year-old grandmother of Four Seasons Hotel Boston executive pastry chef Tim Fonseca. “It was around the time when I was 17 or 18 and she was recovering from breast cancer that I made a strong commitment as a young adult to get to know my grandmother,” Fonseca said. “In turn, we forged a friendship and a bond that really grew.” Fonseca says the money raised by Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer couldn’t go to a better purpose. “Boston Bakes is a chance for me to take something that I’ve excelled at and maybe actually help raise more money and more attention for a cause that’s very close to home for me.”
bostonbakesforbreastcancer.org.