Gail Norton is the co-owner of Calgary's culinary hub The Cookbook Co. Cooks, a specialty cookbook, food and kitchenware store and cooking school.

A lifelong Calgarian with deep and sprawling roots in the local food community, Norton is the former publisher of City Palate magazine, a judge for Taste Canada and co-author of Calgary Cooks, Dishing, Double Dishing and Cooks in My Kitchen. She lives in Calgary.