The Untold Truth Of Top Chef Judge Gail Simmons

Gail Simmons has been a fixture on television screens since she joined Top Chef in 2006. Yet even her most ardent fans will realize they've only scratched the surface when it comes to learning the untold truth of Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.

While attending Montreal's McGill University — alma mater to such famous Canadians as William Shatner, Leonard Cohen and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau — Gail Simmons began writing restaurant reviews for the McGill Tribune. That experience, she told the Tribune years later,

"...gave me great writing experience and also gave me experience writing specifically in the genre of food."

After graduation, she decided to pursue journalism. Simmons landed an internship at a local magazine, and then became an editorial assistant at a national newspaper. She recalled,

"I found myself following around the food editor and asking him to let me write for him, and slowly he let me write little stories here and there. After about a year, I came to him and said, 'Well, this is what I really want to do. How do I become a food critic or how do I become a food writer?'"

The advice he gave led her to what is now the Institute of Culinary Education, placing her on a path leading to Top Chef.

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A Canadian journalist | 0:16
Missing Canadian food | 1:18
A professional eater | 2:04
Hummus and popsicles | 2:39
Top Chef opens doors | 3:28
Iron Chef Canada | 4:18
A converted Brooklyn church | 5:06
Bad food fads | 5:49
Favorite celebrity encounter | 6:39
Pickle obsession | 7:37
Gail Simmons' fridge | 8:26
The judges’ table | 9:05
Maternity leave | 9:52
Casual sexism | 10:42

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