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American pastry chef

Elisabeth “Liz” Prueitt is a pastry chef and along with her husband Chad Robertson, the owner of the San Francisco bakery chain Tartine.

Early life

Elisabeth Prueitt is a native of Park Slope, Brooklyn. Prueitt first studied acting, then photojournalism, then enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America's (CIA) chef’s training program, where she met her future husband and business partner Chad Robertson. She interned and line-cooked at Montrachet, in NYC before graduating from the CIA in 1993. In 1994, Prueitt and Robertson traveled to, and worked through, France, learning from Daniel Collin (in Provence) and Patrick Le Port (in Savoie).

Career

Prueitt and Chad Robertson, ran the Wood-Fire Baking in Point Reyes and Bay Village Breads in Mill Valley.

Robertson and Prueitt then opened their first Tartine location in 2002. Bar Tartine, and in 2011, Tartine Sandwich followed.

She has been described as both a “brilliant pastry chef” and a “pastry prodigy.”

Personal life

Prueitt is married to Chad Robertson, whom she met during her studies at the Culinary Institute of America. In the 2000's, they had a child who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Prueitt paused her career for several years to care for their child and, around 2011, co-founded the Conductive Learning Center of San Francisco. The center runs summer camps for children with motor disabilities.

Prueitt is gluten intolerant.

Publications

  • Prueitt, Elisabeth M.; Robertson, Chad (24 August 2006). Tartine. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-5150-3.
  • Prueitt, Elisabeth (4 April 2017). Tartine All Day: Modern Recipes for the Home Cook. Lorena Jones Books. ISBN 978-0-3995-7882-3.

Awards and honors

References

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  3. ^ "Baking's Power Couple". The Wall Street Journal. September 4, 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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  5. "La Boulangerie Savoyarde – Entretien : Dominique Hervé". Satoriz. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. Labro, Camille (12 February 2016). "Le pan-bagnat de Chad Robertson". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  7. "America's Most Influential Bakery Is Only Getting More Influential". Bon Appétit. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ Ladd, Mary; Severson, Kim (3 July 2002). "WHAT'S NEW". SFGATE. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. Hranek, Matthew. "Chad Robertson, Bay Village Wood-Fire Baking, Point Reyes Station, California". art and commerce. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. Severson, Kim (July 3, 2002), "Openings: New Bread In The Mission", San Francisco Chronicle.
  11. Wagner, David (2011-06-27). "Conductive Learning Center benefit at Bar Tartine". SFGate.
  12. lL, John (June 9, 2008). "3 top James Beard awards for Bay Area foodies". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 18 September 2022.


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