Gill Boyd has been cooking for twenty three years starting in high

school working in hotels learning line and banquet cooking.

He then attended Johnson and Wales University where he
received an Associates Degree in Culinary Arts and  a Bachelors of Science

in Food-service Management he also attended the Cordon Bleu Paris

Studying clasical french pastry and the Bournemouth and Pole 

Technical College in England. After graduating he worked in New York.

and Washington D.C.with accomplished chefs such as Jonathon Waxman, Robert Kinkaid

and Marvin Woods who all inspired him with their ‘New American’

Style of cooking. He also worked at The Windows of the World at the top

of the world trade center

In the mid nineties he worked at the reebok sports club

as a Café Manager then as the Café Chef specializing in healthy low fat

foods and developing recipes that centered on special nutritional

guidelines.

After working at the Sports Club he started his own business cooking

and delivering low fat meals using seasonal ingredients and a weekly

changing menu.

In 1999 he started Gill's Coffee Bar serving quality 

Coffee, smoothies, and Sandwiches, then after the events of September

11^th the business closed and he became the Head Chef of the VEG

City Diner which had an all vegetarian menu.

He was been seen on the DIY Network and promotes his two websites  

 Gillsfastandhealthy.com and Gillboyd.com that show easy to prepare

recipes and cooking videos.

Gill is also a Chef Instructor at the California School of Culinary Arts

 in Pasadena.