Gail Simmons, a series judge for Bravo's Top Chef, and the new host of the spin-off Top Chef: Just Desserts, will also lend her strong culinary expertise as judge for season two of Top Chef Masters. Gail has been with Food & Wine since 2004 and handles special projects for the epicurean magazine, acting as liaison between the marketing and editorial teams on events and chef-related initiatives. During her tenure, she has been responsible for directing the annual FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, the country's premier culinary event.

Gail began her culinary career writing food articles for Toronto Life magazine and the National Post, Canada's national newspaper.  In addition, she served as the Research and Recipe Assistant to esteemed food critic Jeffrey Steingarten at Vogue magazine and apprenticed at legendary Le Cirque 2000 and groundbreaking Vong restaurants. Prior to joining Food & Wine, Simmons worked as the Special Events Manager for The Dinex Group, Chef Daniel Boulud's acclaimed restaurant empire. She has also contributed to several cookbooks including It Must've Been Something I Ate by Jeffrey Steingarten, (Knopf 2002), Daniel Boulud Cooking in New York City (Assouline 2002) and The New American Chef by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc. 2003).

Gail was born in Toronto, Canada and moved to New York City in 1999 to attend culinary school at what is now the Institute of Culinary Education.

Gail currently resides in New York City with her husband, Jeremy.