{{Short description|American chef and TV personality}} {{Infobox chef <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox chef/doc --> | name = Gale Gand | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|21}} | birth_place = Evanston, Illinois | death_date = | death_place = | style = Contemporary American cuisine | education = B.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology awarded 1981, La Varenne summers of 1982 and 1983 | ratings = | prevrests = Gotham Bar and Grill, Jams, Bella Luna, Trio, Brasserie T, Vanilla Bean Bakery, Tru, Osteria di Tramonto, Tramonto's Steak & Seafood, RT Lounge, Gale's Coffee Bar, Spritzburger | television = ''Sweet Dreams'' | awards = ''Food & Wine Magazine'' 's Top Ten Best New Chefs, 1994; "Pastry Chef of the Year", The James Beard Foundation, 2001; "Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year", Bon Appetit Magazine, 2001 | website = http://www.galegand.com }}
'''Gale Gand''' is a Chicago-based pastry chef, cookbook author, television personality, and winner of the 2001 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef. Gand was the host of the Food Network show ''Sweet Dreams''.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gale-gand Gale Gand's Biography on the Huffington Post]</ref> She was the Chef-in-Residence at Elawa Farm, in Lake Forest, Illinois. Gand is a partner and was the founding Executive Pastry Chef at Tru,<ref>[http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/review/review-tru/163495/content Review: Tru]</ref> a contemporary fine-dining restaurant affiliated with Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. Gand and her partners at Tru won the 2007 James Beard Foundation Award for Service. She has blogged for the ''Huffington Post'',<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gale-gand/real-pastry-the-places-so_b_153301.html Huffington Post]</ref> was a contestant on Iron Chef America in the 2006–2007 season,<ref>List of Iron Chef America Episodes</ref> and was a judge on Bravo's Top Chef in 2008 for the episode Wedding Wars.<ref>Top Chef (season 4)</ref> Gand was on the Great Chefs television program.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130125082023/http://www.greatchefs.com/?page_id=547 Great Chefs The Women]</ref>
==Biography== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatchefs.com/rick-tramonto |title=Great Chefs in the News |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929101831/http://www.greatchefs.com/rick-tramonto/ |archive-date=2009-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foodandwine.com/bestnewchefs/gale-gand |title=Food & Wine Magazine's Best New Chefs |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-date=2010-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528094707/http://www.foodandwine.com/bestnewchefs/gale-gand |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, she opened Tru with Tramonto and Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises's Rich Melman. The following year she started making Gale's Root Beer, a cinnamon ginger vanilla flavored artisanal soda pop, producing 60,000 bottles a year which sells nationally.
In 1996, Gand was chosen by Julia Child to appear on two episodes of the PBS show ''Baking with Julia''.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/video/video/1174139138/program/1073557581/topic/1167567688 Julia Child PBS Video]{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Gand was the host of the Food Network show ''Sweet Dreams'' that ran on the network from 2000 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://origin-www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_sd/0,1976,FOOD_9991,00.html |title=Food Network Sweet Dreams |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-date=2008-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403192942/http://origin-www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_sd/0,1976,FOOD_9991,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2007/01/interview_with_1.html Interview with Gale Gand]</ref>
On July 30, 2006, Gale Gand and ex-husband Rick Tramonto appeared on ''Iron Chef: America'', losing to Mario Batali (53 - 46).<ref>{{Citation|title="Iron Chef America: The Series" Batali vs. Gand & Tramonto: Fennel (TV Episode 2006) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266348/|access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref>
In 2014, she partnered with Steve McDonagh and Dan Smith (The Hearty Boys) to open SpritzBurger, a 2-year "pop-up" in Chicago.<ref>[http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/02/13/what-to-eat-at-spritz-burger-the-hearty-boys-and-gale-gand-revamp-opening-tomorrow.php Eater Chicago]</ref>
In 2014, Gand was inducted into the Chicago Chef's Hall of Fame. She was also inducted into the American Academy of Chefs in 2018.
In 2016, Gand and other chefs, such as Laurent Gras and Matt Troost, collaborated with turkey and beef jerky producer, Think Jerky, creating signature jerky products. Some of Gand's creations included "Sriracha Honey Turkey Jerky," "Original Turkey Sticks," "Mini Original Turkey Sticks," and "Sesame Teriyaki Beef Jerky."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wearemiller.com/work/think-jerky-beef-jerky-brand-identity/ |title=Think Jerky - Miller Creative |access-date=2021-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227145921/https://wearemiller.com/work/think-jerky-beef-jerky-brand-identity/ |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thinkjerky.com/ |title=Think Jerky |access-date=2021-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227144204/https://www.thinkjerky.com/ |archive-date=2021-12-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Books== * Tramonto, Rick, and Gale Gand. 1997. ''American Brasserie''. New York: Wiley. * Gand, Gale, Rick Tramonto, and Julia Moskin. 1999. ''Butter Sugar Flour Eggs: Whimsical Irresistible Desserts''. New York: Clarkson Potter. * Gand, Gale and Julia Moskin. 2001. ''Gale Gand's Just a Bite: 125 Luscious Little Desserts''. New York: Clarkson Potter. * Gand, Gale and Julia Moskin. 2004. ''Gale Gand's Short and Sweet: Quick Desserts with Eight Ingredients or Less''. New York: Clarkson Potter. * Tramonto, Rick, Gale Gand, and Mary Goodbody. 2004. ''Tru: A Cookbook from the Legendary Chicago Restaurant''. New York: Random House. * Gand, Gale and Lisa Weiss. 2006. ''Chocolate and Vanilla''. New York: Clarkson Potter. * Gand, Gale, with Christie Matheson. 2009. ''Gale Gand's Brunch!: 100 Fantastic Recipes for the Weekend's Best Meal''. New York: Clarkson Potter. * Gand, Gale, with Christie Matheson. 2014. ''Gale Gand's Lunch!''. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
==External links== * [http://www.galegand.com/ GaleGand.com]
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