Gail Simmons: Food Writer, Culinary Multi-Hyphenate, and Top Chef Judge

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Gail Simmons is the ultimate culinary multi-hyphenate. Though she’s perhaps best known for her 21-season tenure as judge on the competition reality show Top Chef, which debuts its latest season on March 20, she’s also made a lasting impact on so many other areas of food media. Simmons has spent 15 years of her career leading teams at Food & Wine (including organizing the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen); has written numerous books; and has even launched her own production company, Bumble Pie Productions, which focuses on bringing women’s voices to the food landscape. But before Simmons was making a name for herself as a food expert, she spent her early career gaining industry knowledge by attending culinary school; working at the iconic restaurants Le Cirque 2000 and Vong; assisting Vogue food critic Jeffrey Steingarten; and running special events for Daniel Boulud’s legendary restaurant group.

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1:27.4	Today, I'm chatting with food writer culinary multi-hiphinate and top chef judge Gail Simmons.
1:35.0	During her early career at newspapers and magazines,
1:39.0	Gail realized her passions for both eating and writing
1:42.0	could translate into food journalism and she never
1:45.2	looked back. To educate herself, she enrolled in culinary school, took jobs as a line cook at places like the iconic Lisser 2000 and Vong restaurants,
1:56.7	assisted the renowned vogue food critic Jeffrey Steingarten,
2:00.9	and became the special events manager for Danielle Ballou's legendary
2:05.9	restaurant group. Eventually she landed a dream role at Food and Wine magazine
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