8 Rules to Cook By

By Gail Simmons

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Top Chef's Gail Simmons

As a food critic and judge on Bravo's reality competition Top Chef, Gail Simmons knows good food when she tastes it. A graduate of New York City's Institute of Culinary Education, Simmons shares a few rules she says can help any home chef make a great meal.

Published on September 02, 2009

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