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March 11 - 13, 2010 UIC Forum -- University of Illinois at Chicago

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Gale Gand

Gale Gand
Gale Gand, executive pastry chef and partner of the Five Diamond, four star restaurant TRU in Chicago, was named pastry chef of the year by The James Beard Foundation and Bon Appétit magazine in 2001. Host of the Food Network’s “Sweet Dreams,” Gand has appeared on “Iron Chef America”, “Martha Stewart”, Baking With Julia (Child)”, and judged Bravo’s “Top Chef.” Gand is also an accomplished cookbook author with seven titles to her credit including “Chocolate and Vanilla” and her most recent, “Gale Gand’s Brunch.” She also has her own root beer company producing “Gale’s Root beer”. She has a BFA from RIT and attended culinary school at La Varenne in Paris. Gale is married to an environmentalist, has a thirteen-year-old named Gio and twin 5 year old girls, Ella and Ruby.
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