Gail Simmons

@gailsimmonseats and @kristenlkish are fired up for the season finale next week! #TopChef

Hello Curaao! Beautiful island. Fascinating history of people, flavors and ingredients. Piles of delicious fried shrimp and one very fresh tuna. Team lunch excursion @devisserijcuracao on location for @bravotopchef finale .

Tonights @bravotopchef (part 1 of our finale!) has everything you could ask for of an adventure on the high seas - invasive fish species, exotic ingredients, gratuitous glamour, mysterious and charismatic guests, and maybe even a little swashbuckling in the kitchenand I couldnt be more excited to...

Last call in #Wisconsin @bravotopchef tonight! No one can say we didnt make the most of it. Like all great adventures with this rowdy crew, its not just our cheftestants who learn a thing or two along the way. The best part of the job is how much we all take with us from every place we visit, gen...

Classic pie isnt really my thing. Too much dough, spice, sweetness. Then spring rolls around, strawberries and rhubarb appear, and suddenly I want in. Cue @csaffitz coming over with her recipe for strawberry-rhubarb crisp-pie (fruit crisp on top, pie dough down below!) and now Im smitten.Check ou...

On this last day of Jewish-American Heritage Month, a glimpse at my challah braiding class (using @adeenasussmans honey & olive oil challah recipe ) for hundreds of @nbcuniversal employees a few weeks back. Ill never forget how moving it was to bake this symbolic bread with so many amazing people...

Wish I had any pics of the actual food from last nights @bravotopchef episode. It was some of the most memorable of the season. Tables schmeared with creativity and flavor. Instead I have these cute pics of @kristenlkish @tomcolicchio @curtisduffy and me all dressed up and ready to eat. Again. Al...

Toms cooking up something special this week! Dont miss a new episode of #TopChef tonight at 9/8c

Family adventure in Grenada really delivered. Already planning our next trip back. @sixsenseslasagesse

Antics in the clubhouse last night on @bravowwhl with @bravoandy (our original @bravotopchef executive producer btw)! And, of course, our new friend Ruth.Swipe through for a throwback of us from 2012 with another dear old friend, Jiggy #tbt #topchef

Nothing says Wisconsin like a good old fashioned meat raffle followed by a fiery fish boil! Get your fill of both, and a few surprise guests tonight on @bravotopchef

Belated spring break recap, Part 3! Spent our last full day in Grenada at Ts Eco Garden with Theresa Marryshow, a multi-generational farmer and President of the Grenada Network of Rural Women Producers. Romped in her fields of okra, scallions, lettuces, ginger and turmeric, said hello to the chic...