Ana Sortun

Oleana “Ana” Sortun is a chef, restaurateur and author in the Boston area.[1]

Biography

Sortun was born in Seattle.[1][2]

After she graduated from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine de Paris,[2] she came to Massachusetts to open Moncef Meddeb’s[3] Argo Bistro followed by stints, in the early 1990s, at 8 Holyoke and Casablanca, both in Harvard Square. Her restaurant Oleana opened in 2001.[1]

Her husband, Chris Kurth, owns Siena Farms, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where they live.[4] The farm is named for their daughter and supplies produce for Oleana.

Restaurants

In addition to Oleana, she opened Sofra Bakery with a partner Maura Kilpatrick in 2008. Sofra has both a retail store and an "informal Middle Eastern café."[1]

In 2013, she partnered with Chef de Cuisine Cassie Piuma to open a meyhane, Sarma, in Somerville, Massachusetts.[1]

Honors and awards

Sortun received the 2005 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Northeast.[1]

Publications

  • SPICE: Flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean 2006
  • Soframiz: Vibrant Middle Eastern Recipes from Sofra Bakery[5]

TV appearances

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Chef Ana Sortun at Sarma in Somerville, MA". BostonChefs.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Moskin, Julia (June 7, 2006). "THE CHEF: ANA SORTUN; A Mediterranean Style All Her Own". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ^ Moskin, Julia (June 14, 2016). "THE CHEF: ANA SORTUN; Spices by the Handful, Not by the Pinch". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ Moskin, Julia (June 21, 2006). "THE CHEF: ANA SORTUN; A Bazaar From the Hard Yankee Soil". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Ana Sortun". Oldways. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Ana Sortun". Top Chef Masters. Bravo. Retrieved 1 September 2022.