| Born | November 21, 1956 Evanston, Illinois |
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| Cooking style | Contemporary American cuisine |
| Education | B.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology awarded 1981, La Varenne summers of 1982 and 1983 |
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Gale Gand is a Chicago-based pastry chef, cookbook author, television personality, and was the host of the Food Network show Sweet Dreams.[1] She is currently the executive pastry chef and partner of the four star & AAA five diamond restaurant Tru[2] (along with Rick Tramonto and Rich Melman), a contemporary fine-dining restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. Recently, she has blogged for the Huffington Post,[3] was a contestant on Iron Chef America in the 2006-2007 season,[4] and was a judge on Bravo's Top Chef in 2008 for the episode Wedding Wars.[5] Gand was also featured in the Great Chefs television program [6]
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A native of Deerfield, Illinois, Gand began her restaurant career in 1976 working as a line cook and waitress in Cleveland, Ohio, and then as a pastry chef in Rochester, New York. She later did pastry in New York City at The Gotham Bar and Grill and in England at Stapleford Park.[7]
In 1993, Gand opened Trio with culinary partner and ex-husband Rick Tramonto and Henry Adaniya in Evanston, Illinois and was named among Food and Wine Magazine's Top Ten Best New Chefs in 1994.[8] In 1999, she opened Tru with Tramonto and Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises's Rich Melman.
In 1996, Gand was chosen by Julia Child to appear on two episodes of the PBS show Baking with Julia.[9]
Gand was the host of the Food Network show "Sweet Dreams" that ran on the network from 2000-2008.[10] She got the show without a try out when calling the network to confirm a date to be on Sarah Moulton's show where she was a frequent guest chef.[11]