Debbie Gold

James Beard Award–Winning Chef | Top Chef Masters | Culinary Director at AMDP Restaurants

Chef Debbie Gold has quite a pedigree; as a budding culinarian Gold lived in France for four years cooking at Michelin-starred restaurants, she headed back home to Chicago and continued her training with the legendary Charlie Trotter, as a pastry chef at the famed Everest Room and as Executive Chef at Mirador, Morton’s first restaurant.  She moved to Kansas City where she garnered national accolades for her role as Executive Chef at The American Restaurant, winning a James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef Midwest.” Gold then opened her own restaurant, 40 Sardines, where the restaurant earned a coveted James Beard nomination for “Best New Midwest Restaurant” and she was recognized by Bravo’s Top Chef Masters, battling against fellow award-winning chefs for two seasons - Season 2 (2010) and Season 4 (2012). After moving back to Chicago in 2017, she helmed the kitchen at Tied House receiving many local accolades and awards. Chef Gold most recently serves as Culinary Director at AMDP Restaurant: Found Kitchen, The Barn Steakhouse, Stolp Island, LeTour Brasserie, Pi Kitchen, and Steven’s University, Hoboken NY.

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