Sherry Yard

Sherry Yard (born January 11, 1964) is an American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.

Yard has served as a chef in several Wolfgang Puck restaurants, including Spago, Rainbow Room and Tribeca Grill. She plans to re-open the historic Helms Bakery in Culver City, Los Angeles Yard in 2017. She also serves as Chief Operating Officer, Restaurant Division at iPic Entertainment, a national entertainment group known for their upscale movie theaters, in-cinema dining and restaurants.

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 and the Cooking Channel television series Sugar Showdown. 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.

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.