Elisabeth Prueitt

Elisabeth “Liz” Prueitt is a pastry chef and along with her husband Chad Robertson, the owner of the San Francisco bakery chain Tartine.^[1]

Early life

Elisabeth Prueitt is a native of Park Slope,^[2] Brooklyn. Prueitt first studied acting, then photojournalism, then enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America's (CIA) chef’s training program,^[1][2] where she met her future husband and business partner Chad Robertson.^[3] She interned and line-cooked at Montrachet, in NYC^[2] before graduating from the CIA in 1993.^[1] In 1994, Prueitt and Robertson traveled to, and worked through, France, learning from Daniel Collin^[4] (in Provence) and Patrick Le Port^[5] (in Savoie).^[6]

Career

Prueitt and Chad Robertson,^[7] ran the Wood-Fire Baking^[8][9] in Point Reyes and Bay Village Breads^[8] in Mill Valley.^[10]

Robertson and Prueitt then opened their first Tartine location in 2002. Bar Tartine, and in 2011, Tartine Sandwich followed.^[3]

She has been described as both a “brilliant pastry chef”^[1] and a “pastry prodigy.”^[3]

Personal life

Prueitt is married to Chad Robertson, whom she met during her studies at the Culinary Institute of America.^[3][2] 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,^[1][2] around 2011,^[11] co-founded the Conductive Learning Center of San Francisco. The center runs summer camps for children with motor disabilities.^[3][1]

Prueitt is gluten intolerant.^[1]

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.
• Prueitt, Elisabeth M.; Robertson, Chad; Waters, Alice (2019). Tartine: Revised Edition: A Classic Revisited. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452178738.

Awards and honors

• James Beard Award Best pastry chef.^[12]