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America's Best New Chefs
2002

Suzanne Tracht

Jar
8225 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, California
323-655-6566

Tracht’s
Renaissance Long Beach Hotel, 111 E. Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, California
562-499-2533

2 Recipes by Suzanne Tracht

Where are they now?

In July 2007, Tracht opened an eponymous steak house at the Renaissance Long Beach Ho-tel near Los Angeles. She teaches cooking classes at Jar in addition to being the restaurant’s executive chef, and in the summer of 2008, she will open Suzpree restaurant in Century City, where she will be partners and co-executive chef with Jar’s chef de cuisine, Preech Nark-thong.

Won Best New Chef at: Jar, Los Angeles


2002 Best New Chef Award Profile

Why Because she has ingeniously updated the classic chophouse repertoire without alienating traditional meat-and-potatoes types.

Born Phoenix, AZ, 1963.

Education She is a self-taught chef.

Experience Campanile and Jozu, Los Angeles.

Her favorite dish on jar's menu Braised pork belly. "But it's not the biggest seller" (the pot roast is).

Guilty pleasure A great taco from the El Taurino taco truck in east L.A.

Favorite kitchen tool A whisk. "Mixing ingredients with a whisk helps you connect with what you're cooking."

About her recipe To make her veal chops with tomato and green mango salad, Tracht uses meat from Niman Ranch or Newport. "Both companies offer all-natural veal."


Featured Best New Chef Recipe

Veal Chops with Tomato and Green Mango Salad

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