Elizabeth Falkner, Chef

Elizabeth Falkner is an award winning chef who has worked in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Elizabeth works also as a recipe/formula developer/consultant on projects and brands such as Molino Bianco/Barilla, Starbucks, Hershey, Pepsi, Compass Group, Yale Hospitality and more. She has appeared on television on multiple networks and all of the cooking competition reality series for the last twenty years.  Chef Falkner is a fitness advocate and loves playing sports and staying "Fit to Cook". She's an author of three cookbooks and she currently serves on the board of trustees of the James Beard Foundation and chairs the Awards Committee. In 2020 she re-located 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 and her partner, Heather Freyer founded T'MARO Brands Inc. in 2022 and launched with T'MARO Eau de Vie, T'MARO Amaro and T'MARO Cacao Nib in August 2024.