Gail Simmons

About Gail Simmons

Food expert, gourmet writer, and judge on the Top Chef reality cooking show from Canada.

Gail Simmons is a Canadian food writer and cookbook author. She has served as a permanent judge on BRAVO's Emmy-winning series Top Chef, since the show's inception in 2006. Simmons was previously the head critic on Top Chef Duels and host of Top Chef: Just Desserts, Bravo's pastry-focused spin-off of the Top Chef franchise. She was also co-host of "The Feed," which aired in 2014 on FYI, A+E's new lifestyle network. In addition to her work on Top Chef, Gail makes frequent television appearances on NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America, among others. She has been featured in such publications as New York magazine, Travel + Leisure, GQ, People, Los Angeles Times, and more. She offers advice for anyone who's new to the food world and wants to break into the culinary limelight: you should "love what you're doing and you'll manage to do it - no matter how hard it is".

Alma mater	McGill University
Born	May 19, 1976, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse(s)	Jeremy Abrams (2008-present)
Occupation	Culinary expert, food writer, television personality

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Trivia

She trained at New York's Institute of Culinary Education and worked as an apprentice at the renowned French restaurant, Le Cirque. 

Gail Simmons before fame

She earned her bachelor's degree in Spanish and anthropology from McGill University, and her first culinary pieces were published in the McGill Tribune.

Achievement of Gail Simmons

She studied at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York and worked as an apprentice at Le Cirque, a renowned French restaurant.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$2.5 Million

Gail Simmons family life

She was one of three children born to Ivor and Renee Simmons, a Jewish-Canadian couple. In 2008, she married Jeremy Abrams. Dahlia Rae is their daughter, and Kole is their son.

Associations of Gail Simmons

Both she and Tom Colicchio served as judges on Top Chef.

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