Sherry Yard

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Sherry Yard
Born (1964-01-11) January 11, 1964 (age 60) [1] [2] [3]
Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, New York, US [4] [2]
Education
SpouseEdward M. Ines
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(m. 2008)​
[6] [7]
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
    • 2002 James Beard Foundation Award, Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year
    • 2004 James Beard Foundation Award, Best Baking Cookbook
    • 2014 James Beard Foundation Award, Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America [5] [4] [8] [9]

Sherry Yard (born January 11, 1964) [1] [2] [3] is an American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.

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Career

Yard has served as a chef in several Wolfgang Puck restaurants, including Spago, [10] [3] [6] Rainbow Room and Tribeca Grill. [4] She also served as chief operating officer, Restaurant Division at iPic Entertainment, a national entertainment group known for their upscale movie theaters, in-cinema dining, and restaurants. She officially stepped down from iPic in July 2019. [11] [12]

Yard has stated that her signature dessert is Kaiserschmarrn. [3]

Television

Yard has served as a judge on several cooking shows, including the Food Network series Halloween Baking Championship, Cake Wars Christmas, Christmas Cookie Challenge, Cooking Channel television series Sugar Showdown and more recently on ABC's The Great American Baking Show . [10] [13] [14] She has been a guest judge on Top Chef: Just Desserts, Food Network Star, Duff Till Dawn, Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen. [15] She has also competed in the Food Network show, Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage. [16]

Personal life

On May 3, 2008, Yard married dentist Edward M. Ines in Malibu, California in a destination wedding hosted by Wolfgang Puck, whom Yard served under as the corporate executive pastry chef at the time. [6] [7] They live in Manhattan Beach, California. [6]

Bibliography

YearTitlePublisherISBN
2003The Secrets of Baking: Simple Techniques for Sophisticated Desserts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 0618138927
2007Desserts by the Yard: From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: Recipes from the Sweetest Life Ever0618515224

Awards and nominations

[5] [4] [8] [9] [17] [18] [19] [20]

YearCeremonyCategoryWorkResult
2000 Bon Appetit American Food & Entertaining AwardsPastry Chef of the YearSpago, Beverly HillsWon
2002 James
Beard 		Outstanding Pastry Chef of the YearSpago, Beverly HillsWon
2004 James
Beard 		Best Baking CookbookThe Secrets of Baking: Simple Techniques for Sophisticated DessertsWon
2006Pastry Art & DesignTop 10 Pastry Chefs in AmericaSpago, Beverly HillsWon
2007Food ArtsSilver Spoon AwardSpago, Beverly HillsWon
2010Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Women Who Inspire AwardsGolden Bowl AwardSpago, Beverly HillsWon
2014 James
Beard 		Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America—Won

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