Suzanne Tracht

Suzanne Tracht (born 1963) is an American chef. In 2002, Food & Wine named her to their Best New Chefs. She has appeared as a guest on many shows, such as Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef Masters, Today, Entertainment Tonight, and many more. She has won many awards and honors for her cooking, specifically her signature braising.

Early life Tracht was born and raised in 1963, in Phoenix, Arizona. At 19, she began a three-year apprenticeship at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel under chef Siegbert Wendler, which is where she began cooking professionally.

Career After her apprenticeship under Wendler ended, Tracht worked at the Westin Century Plaza and then the Hotel Bel-Air, where she worked with George Morrone. In 1991, She moved to Beverly Hills, California to become the sous chef of Noa Noa, a Cal-Asian fusion restaurant. Tracht has said that working at Campanile was one of the most valuable and experiences in her culinary career. In 1996, Tracht then opened a Cal-Asian fusion restaurant named Jozu, as executive chef. Tracht's work at Jozu helped her gain popularity and following. In its first year open, Jozu was placed at number two in for “L.A.’s Best New Restaurants” list in the Los Angeles magazine’s annual restaurant issue.

In 2001, Tracht opened steakhouse restaurant Jar, an acronym for "just another restaurant", in Los Angeles's Beverly Grove neighborhood with Peel.

In 2007 Tracht opened Tracht's in Long Beach. In 2009, Tracht was named Chef of the Year by high-end luxury magazine Angeleno. That same year, Tracht was honored at the 2009 Women in Food James Beard Foundation Awards gala in New York. She has been a featured chef in multiple occasions: she was a featured chef at the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, as well as a host chef for Argentina444.

Philanthropy Tracht has supported local food resource center SOVA and Project Angel Food, which delivers meals to people with serious illness.

Personal life Tracht has two children.