Meet Chef Gale Gand

Gale Gand Bio

Gale Gand is a nationally acclaimed pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. She has received two James Beard Awards, and was inducted into the Chicago Chefs Hall of Fame.  She co-founded and partnered in the renowned Chicago restaurant TRU, which had 2 stars from the Michelin Guide.

For 8 years Gale was the host of Sweet Dreams, Food Network’s first program devoted to desserts. Gale continues to appear regularly on television, and has appeared on Top Chef, Iron Chef, Oprah, Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray show, and many others. Gale’s first national television appearance was with Julia Child, in the 1995 PBS series Baking With Julia. Gale is the author of 8 cookbooks, including her latest, Gale Gand’s Lunch! 

Gale teaches cooking and baking at cooking schools across the country as well as online at Craftsy.com. Gale can often be seen cooking at food and wine festivals, on cruises, and at charity events around the world. She also recently developed a Honey Sriracha flavored jerky for Think Jerky. Her artisanal soda pop, Gale Gand’s Root Beer, has been sold nationally for over 20 years. 

Gale began her career as a musician, then became a silversmith, with a BFA  in metalsmithing from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She later attended the La Varenne cooking school in Paris. A wife and mother of three, in her spare time, Gale paints, and plays the ukulele.