Most stains will be incompatible with that top coat. Pick a stain and polyurethane type topcoat system if you want a stained cherry counter. But cherry is beautiful in it’s own right.

If this is a surface that will be used for active food prep, no stain, and no finish. Just mineral oil is safe for a surface that will be used to cut food.

Leave the cherry natural and use the food safe mineral oil. Why? Food safety. Most stains are particle products and the particle can be pulled out of the wood during use. Polyurethane is a plastic and will chip during food prep using knives. Also not desirable.

Then there is the fact the cherry will darken naturally, so in a couple of years, it may well naturally darken to close to the desired shade.

Compounds in the wood counteract food bacteria with cleaning by wiping with a damp cloth(soap strips the mineral oil) and a light occasional oil application. The surface does not need to remain oily, wipe on, wipe dry.

Thanks. I forgot to mention that it will not be used for food prep

Then forget any of that and do Waterlox.