Zak Pelaccio

Zak Pelaccio is an American chef known for Southeast Asian cuisine. He trained at the French Culinary Institute.

Career Pelaccio opened the Fatty Crab on Hudson Street in New York City in 2005 This followed by 17 iterations of the restaurant including Fatty Cue, Fatty Johnson and a spinoff in Hong Kong years following. He is also the author of Eat With Your Hands, a cookbook he released in 2012. In 2016, he opened Bakar at BackBarwith with Fish & Game co-chef Kevin Pomplun.