Sherry Pocknett

Sherry Pocknett (born 1960) is a Mashpee Wampanoag chef and caterer. She was the owner of the Sly Fox Den Too restaurant in Charlestown, Rhode Island. In 2023, Pocknett received the James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northeast. She is the first Indigenous woman to be honored by the James Beard Foundation. Sly Fox Den Too closed in January 2025.

Life Pocknett grew up on Cape Cod; she is the daughter of Native American rights advocate and Mashpee Wampanoag Chief Sly Fox, Vernon Pocknett. She grew up cooking with her family who from the early 1970s until 2000, operated and owned The Flume Restaurant in Mashpee on Cape Cod. Her uncle, Chief Flying Eagle, Earl Mills, Sr. was a chef, while her grandmother, Delscena Hendricks, served as master baker and chef. Pocknett has two daughters, Jade and Cheyenne Pocknett-Galvin.

Career Pocknett opened Sly Fox Den Too in June 2021 in Charlestown, RI.

In 2022, Sherry Pocknett received an Artist2Artist Fellowship grant from the Art Matters Foundation for Sly Fox Den.