Chef Elizabeth Falkner

Elizabeth Falkner is an award winning chef who worked her way up in fine dining and operated groundbreaking restaurants in San Francisco and New York. Today she cooks private events, Food & Wine Festivals, culinary travel tours and pop up and residency events, and has cooked for countless celebrities.

She has appeared on television on multiple networks and many of the cooking competition reality series for the last twenty years. She is a world recognized pioneer and leader in culinary. Chef Falkner is a fitness advocate and loves playing sports and staying “Fit to Cook” and practices a work-life balance.

She’s an author of three cookbooks, she cooks, speaks and teaches all over the world. She was a James Beard Awards finalist in 2005 and she currently serves on the board of trustees of the James Beard Foundation and serves as the chair of the awards committee for the prestigious James Beard Awards.

In 2020 she relocated to Los Angeles and produced and hosts a documentary called, “Sorry We’re Closed”, which made festival circuits and won Best Documentary Feature at Pasadena Film Festival 2023, streaming on Apple TV and Amazon Prime.

Elizabeth works also as a recipe/formula developer/consultant and has worked on projects and brands such as Mulino Bianco/Barilla, California Walnuts. Compass Group, Emmi Cheeses from Switzerland, Behave Candy, General Mills and others.

On the beverage side, she her partner, Heather Freyer founded T’MARO Brands Inc. launching three innovative natural spirits in 2024. T’MARO Amaro, T’MARO Eau de Vie and T’MARO Cacao Nib. All made with organic California dates.