Gand is a partner and was the founding Executive Pastry Chef at Tru,[2] a contemporary fine-dining restaurant affiliated with Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises.
[6] A native of Deerfield, Illinois, Gand began her restaurant career in 1976 working as a line cook and waitress in Cleveland, Ohio, and then as a pastry chef in Rochester, New York.
[7] In 1993, Gand opened Trio with culinary partner and ex-husband Rick Tramonto and Henry Adaniya in Evanston, Illinois and was named among Food and Wine Magazine's Top Ten Best New Chefs in 1994.
[11] On July 30, 2006, Gale Gand and ex-husband Rick Tramonto appeared on Iron Chef: America, losing to Mario Batali (53 - 46).
[12] In 2014, she partnered with Steve McDonagh and Dan Smith (The Hearty Boys) to open SpritzBurger, a 2-year "pop-up" in Chicago.