Sherry Yard


Sherry Yard 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: Holiday Edition. She has been a guest judge on , 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

Yard stands at 5 feet 2 inches tall. On May 3, 2008, she 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.

Awards and nominations

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