16 Facts About Gail Simmons

Gail Simmons was born on May 19,1976 and is a Canadian food writer and cookbook author.

Gail Simmons has served as a permanent judge on Bravo's Emmy-winning series Top Chef since the show's inception in 2006.

Gail Simmons was the co-host of The Feed, which aired in 2014 on FYI, A+E's new lifestyle network.

Gail Simmons has been featured in such publications as New York magazine, Travel + Leisure, GQ, People, Los Angeles Times, and more.

Gail Simmons was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to a Jewish family of Eastern European origin, and graduated from McGill University in Montreal, where she majored in anthropology and Spanish.

Gail Simmons is the daughter of Renee and Ivor Simmons and the youngest of three siblings.

Gail Simmons began her food journalism career writing restaurant reviews for the McGill Tribune before becoming an intern at the monthly magazine Toronto Life and later wrote for the daily National Post newspaper.

Gail Simmons attended the Peter Kump New York Cooking School in New York City and apprenticed at Le Cirque and Vong.

Gail Simmons worked for food critic Jeffrey Steingarten as his assistant for two years at Vogue before becoming the special events manager for chef Daniel Boulud's restaurant empire for three years.

Gail Simmons has been a judge with Top Chef since its March 8,2006 season one premiere; she hosted the spinoff show, Top Chef: Just Desserts, which premiered on September 15,2010, after the seventh-season finale of Top Chef.

Gail Simmons teaches viewers new ways to cook with familiar and unusual staples in their kitchens in the KitchenDaily.

Gail Simmons was selected for the 2010 Forward 50 by The Jewish Daily Forward.

Gail Simmons wore a Carolina Herrera wedding gown and her mother's veil from 42 years earlier.

Gail Simmons said in 2012 she "put a big chunk of savings into his business," Audiostiles which creates background music programming for the hospitality industry.

Gail Simmons gave birth to their daughter Dahlia Rae on 29 December 2013.

Gail Simmons gave birth to their second child, a son named Kole Jack, on May 23,2018.