We would like to welcome Gale Gand as the honored guest for the 2010 Purdue University Black Tie Dinner. Gale, executive pastry chef and partner of the Five Diamond, Four Star restaurant TRU in Chicago, was named pastry chef of the year by the James Beard Foundation and Bon Appetit Magazine in 2001. Host of the Food Network's "Sweet Dreams," Gand has appeared on "Iron Chef America," "Martha Stewart," and judged Bravo's "Top Chef." She is also an accomplished cookbook author with seven titles to her credit including "Gale Gand's Just a Bite" and "Chocolate and Vanilla." She also has her own rootbeer company producing "Gale's Rootbeer." She has a BFA from RIT and attended culinary school at La Varenne in Paris. Gale is married to an environmentalist, has a twelve year old named Gio, and twin four year old girls, Ella and Ruby.