Elisabeth Prueitt facts for kids
Elisabeth “Liz” Prueitt is a pastry chef and along with her husband Chad Robertson, the owner of the San Francisco bakery chain Tartine.
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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.
Awards and honors
- James Beard Award Best pastry chef.
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