Gail Simmons, cookbook author and longtime judge on Bravo’s Top Chef TV series, is opening up about her brother's battle with schizophrenia. (Photo: Bristol Myers Squibb) Bristol Myers Squibb

There’s a big difference between tabling a discussion and bringing people to the table to have discussions. Gail Simmons, cookbook author and longtime judge on Bravo’s Top Chef TV series, wants the latter to happen much more often when it comes to mental health issues. And she knows quite a lot about bringing people together to a table since cooking and meals can be central in doing so. She also has something that’s been very personal about a family member that she wants to bring to the table.

“I’ve always had a passion for bringing people to the table,” Simmons told me."My life’s work has been

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