Sherry Yard (born January 11, 1964) is an American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.
Career Yard has served as a chef in several Wolfgang Puck restaurants, including Spago, Rainbow Room and Tribeca Grill. 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.
Yard has stated that her signature dessert is Kaiserschmarrn.
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. She has been a guest judge on Top Chef: Just Desserts, Food Network Star, Duff Till Dawn, Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen. She has also competed in the Food Network show, Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage.
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. They live in Manhattan Beach, California.
Bibliography Year Title Publisher ISBN 2003 The Secrets of Baking: Simple Techniques for Sophisticated Desserts Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 0618138927 2007 Desserts by the Yard: From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills: Recipes from the Sweetest Life Ever 0618515224
Awards and nominations
YearCeremonyCategoryWorkResult 2000 Bon Appetit American Food & Entertaining AwardsPastry Chef of the YearSpago, Beverly Hills 2002 JamesBeard Outstanding Pastry Chef of the YearSpago, Beverly Hills 2004 JamesBeard Best Baking Cookbook The Secrets of Baking: Simple Techniques for Sophisticated Desserts 2006 Pastry Art & DesignTop 10 Pastry Chefs in AmericaSpago, Beverly Hills 2007 Food ArtsSilver Spoon AwardSpago, Beverly Hills 2010 Women Chefs and Restaurateurs Women Who Inspire AwardsGolden Bowl AwardSpago, Beverly Hills 2014 JamesBeard Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America
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