Jerry Traunfeld
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Jerry Traunfeld is an American chef and author, curerently the executive chef of The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, Washington. He has been the chef at The Herbfarm since July 1990. Prior to that he was the executive chef of the Alexis Hotel in Seattle and a pastry chef at Jeremiah Tower's Stars in San Francisco. Traunfeld is a native of Silver Spring, Maryland and a graduate of the California Culinary Academy.
Chef Traunfeld was the 2000 winner of the James Beard Award for "Best American Chef: Northwest and Hawaii." He is the author of The Herbfarm Cookbook, Simon and Schuster, and The Herbal Kitchen: Cooking with Fragrace and Flavor, Harper Collins.