Emily Luchetti is the executive pastry chef at Farallon and Waterbar Restaurants in San Francisco. With six cookbooks to her credit and numerous awards, including a 2004 James Beard Award, patrons can always count on a delicious end to their meal.

Emily has been at Farallon since its inception in 1997. She has been executive pastry chef of Waterbar since it opened in 2008. Her history with Farallon and Waterbar’s co-owner Mark Franz began when they met at Jeremiah Tower’s legendary Stars Restaurant in 1984. Emily began her tenure on the savory side of the kitchen but switched to the sweet side in 1987 and was pastry chef until 1995. Emily also co-owned StarBake, a retail bakery, with Jeremiah Tower.

Emily is the author of Stars Desserts (HarperCollins, 1991), Four Star Desserts (HarperCollins, 1995), A Passion for Desserts (Chronicle Books, 2003), and A Passion for Ice Cream (Chronicle Books, 2006). Her latest book is The Fearless Baker (Little, Brown and Company, 2011).She created the dessert recipes for The Farallon Cookbook (Chronicle Books, 2000). Her first two books were rereleased as Classic Stars Desserts. (Chronicle Books, 2007).

Emily has also received honors including the 1998 San Francisco Focus Magazine Pastry Chef of the Year, the 2001 Women Chefs & Restaurateurs Golden Whisk Award and the 2003 Food Arts Magazine Silver Spoon Award. In 2009 The San Francisco Chronicle named her one of 20 Visionary Chefs in the Bay Area. In 2009 she was inducted into the Culinary Pioneers of America. Emily is a Dean of The French Culinary Institute located in New York and California. She formerly served as Vice Chair of The James Beard Foundation.

Emily Luchetti and her recipes appear regularly in national newspapers and magazines She has been featured on numerous television programs including The Food Network’s The Ultimate Kitchen, Sweet Dreams, Cookin’ Live, Sara’s Secrets, The Martha Stewart Show, Essential Pepin. She was the co-host of the PBS Series, The Holiday Table.

Emily graduated from Denison University in 1979 with a BA in Sociology. She attended the New York Restaurant School, worked at several New York City food establishments and spent a year cooking in France before moving to The San Francisco Bay Area. She currently resides in Sausalito.

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As a recent graduate of the University of Southern California, I’m adjusting to life on my own and enjoying the delicious adventure of finally having my own kitchen. It’s frightening at times, but fabulous – especially thanks to my forgiving cookware! What I’ve discovered is that good food isn’t about the plated destination. It’s about the friends and family who share in the experimental journey along the way. It’s true - cooks don’t just make meals, they make memories.

I live an active lifestyle, so I love to try out new healthy cooking and smart snacking tips. Guess you could say that I subscribe to the “you are what you eat” mantra. Good thing I also believe that a girl’s got to indulge herself once in awhile too! My culinary skills are a work in progress, but what matters most is the joy of sharing one of my delectable progress reports with friends over a glass of wine. Besides, I can make a fabulous pumpkin pie and mean eggnog come the holidays and that counts for something, right?