Gail Simmons

Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, food writer, and dynamic television personality. Since the show’s inception in 2006, she has lent her expertise as permanent judge, and now executive producer, on Bravo’s Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning series, “Top Chef.” Now entering its 23rd season, “Top Chef” is rated the No. 1 food show on cable television. From 2004 to 2019, Simmons served as special projects director at Food & Wine. She has published several books, with the first being the 2017 cookbook, Bringing It Home: Favorite Recipes from a Life of Adventurous, released by Grand Central Publishing; a memoir, Talking With My Mouth Full, which was published by Hyperion in February 2012; and her third book, Guesting, will be published in 2026. She is also the co-founder of Bumble Pie Productions and lives in Brooklyn with her husband Jeremy and their two children.