Emily Luchetti

Emily Underhill Luchetti (née Emily White Underhill; born 1957)^[1][2] is an American pastry chef, cookbook author, and educator.^[3] She is a 2004 James Beard award-winner for Outstanding Pastry Chef.^[4][5]

Emily Luchetti was born in 1957 and raised in Corning, New York.^[1][3] She attended Denison University and graduated with a B.A. degree (1979) in Sociology.^[6][7] She continued her studies at New York Restaurant School (now The Art Institute of New York City) in Manhattan.^[1][6] After graduation she lived in Paris for a year, studying under chef Gérard Pangaud.^[1] In 1984, she married investor and businessperson, Peter Luchetti.^[1]

Luchetti has worked with New York City restaurants including David Leiderman's Manhattan Market; and at Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso's The Silver Palate.^[6] In San Francisco, Luchetti has worked at restaurants including Mark Franz and Pat Kuleto's Farallon from 1997 to 2014; Mark Franz's Waterbar from 2008 to 2014; and Stars and with Jeremiah Tower from 1987 until July 1995.^[6] She also co-owned Star Bake, a retail bakery, with Jeremiah Tower.^[8]

Luchetti is a 2004 James Beard award-winner for Outstanding Pastry Chef.^[3] In 2012, she became a James Beard Foundation "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America" inductee.^[9]

She is Dean of the International Culinary Center, founded at the French Culinary Institute in 1984, where she has developed a state-of-the art curriculum because she desired to influence the thinking of a new generation of pastry chefs.

Luchetti has appeared on the television series Great Chefs,^[10] with appearances in Great Chefs - The Women, and Great Chefs - Great Cities. As well as appeared in the Food Network's The Ultimate Kitchen, Sweet Dreams, Cookin' Live with Sara Moulton, Essential Pepin, Martha Stewart Living, and Sara's Secrets.^[3][6]

• Luchetti, Emily (1991). Stars Desserts. New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060166885.
• Luchetti, Emily (1995). Four-Star Desserts. New York, NY: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060173159.
• Moore, Paul; Franz, Mark; Luchetti, Emily; Weiss, Lisa (2001). Farallon: The Very Best of San Francisco Seafood Cuisine. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811829199.
• Luchetti, Emily (2003). A Passion for Desserts. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811831789.^[11]
• Luchetti, Emily (2006). A Passion for Ice Cream. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811846028.
• Luchetti, Emily; Weiss, Lisa (2011). The Fearless Baker. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9780316074285.^[12]