Chef Elizabeth Falkner is one of the culinary world’s most recognizable chefs and a leader in the culinary scene. For more than twenty years, she wowed the San Francisco/Bay Area with her desserts, then with two Michelin-recommended restaurants – Citizen Cake and Orson. Today, she is leading the effort to open Corvo Bianco, an Italian restaurant on Columbus Avenue in the Upper West Side of New York City.  

Falkner is a multiple award winning chef and a James Beard Foundation Award nominee. In 2006, Bon Appetit named her “Pastry Chef of the Year” and three years prior, hailed her as one of “America's 10 Top Pastry Chefs.” In 2005, she was nominated for “Pastry Chef of the Year” by the James Beard Foundation. A lover of culinary competition, Falkner has competed Food Network’s “Next Iron Chef, Redemption,” “Iron Chef America” and“ Next Iron Chef, Super Chefs,” in which she was a finalist and runner up. She has been a three-time competitor on “Food Network’s Challenge,” as well as a contestant on Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters.” 

Acting spokesperson for Scharffen Berger chocolate for the past four years, Falkner  has consulted for numerous products and brands including Barilla/Molino Bianco, Starbucks, Hershey, General Mills, Nestle, Nabisco, Kraft, Pepsi and more. Most recently, she joined Holland America Line’s Culinary Council.

Falkner currently serves on the board of directors of Women Chefs and Restaurateurs and is a member of Les Dames d’ Escoffier and the Disciples of Escoffier, International.