Has created over 100 award winning varieties of bread.
Was the pastry chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant.
Opened "La Brea Bakery" and the legendary "Campanile Restaurant" on La Brea, just north of Wilshire Boulevard, in 1989, with her then-husband, Mark Peel.
Nancy Silverton is the only pastry chef in the world to receive the prestigious James Beard Award.
Nancy always makes her own salad dressing. One she likes to make consists of 4 simple ingredients: balsamic vinegar, shallots, extra virgin olive oil and salt.
Her former husband, Mark Peel, died on June 20, 2021, which was also Nancy's birthday.