What is Stephanie Izard known for? – Biography
Stephanie Izard is an American chef and television personality based in Chicago, Illinois. She is best known for being the first female chef to win Bravo’s Top Chef during its fourth season. She is the co-owner and executive chef of three award-winning Chicago restaurants, Girl and the Goat, Little Goat, and Duck Duck Goat, and at the age of 27, she opened her first restaurant, Scylla (now closed), as a chef-owner.
How old is Stephanie Izard? – Age
She is 45 years old as of 30 October 2021. She was born in 1976 in Evanston, Illinois, United States.
Stephanie Izard Family – Education
He was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, where her parents instilled in her a love of food. She earned a sociology degree from the University of Michigan in 1998 before enrolling in the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Scottsdale, where she graduated in 1999.
Who is Stephanie Izard Married to? – Husband
Izard is married to Gary Valentine, a craft beer consultant whom she married on October 6, 2013. The couple now lives in Chicago with her son, Ernie, born in 2016. Burt, Izard’s dog, is a frequent visitor to her social media networks and even has his own Twitter account.
Stephanie Izard Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Did Stephanie Izard win Top Chef? – Top Chef
Around the time Scylla closed, Izard signed on to the fourth season of Bravo’s “Top Chef” in Chicago, which she eventually won, becoming the show’s first female winner and claiming a $100,000 prize. Izard won two “Quickfire” challenges, five elimination challenges, and finished in the top eleven out of fourteen episodes during the season. In the Puerto Rico-based finale, she chose Eric Ripert to help her prepare a four-course tasting menu for judging, which triumphed over menus offered by fellow contestants Richard Blais and Lisa Fernandes. Izard won the title of “Fan Favorite” on the Top Chef Season 4 Reunion Special, receiving a $10,000 prize in addition to her Top Chef title and prizes. She was the only “Top Chef” winner to also win Fan Favorite until Kelsey Barnard Clark of season 16 and Melissa King of season 17.
Stephanie Izard Little Goat
Izard announced in March 2011 that she would be collaborating with the BOKA restaurant group to open a second restaurant, Little Goat. Izard saw Little Goat as an opportunity to expand the Girl & The Goat’s burgeoning bread program. The restaurant serves upscale diner fare as well as all-day breakfast.
Stephanie Izard Girl & the Goat
Following her Top Chef victory, Izard met future business partners Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz of the BOKA Restaurant Group, and the trio opened Girl & the Goat in Chicago’s West Loop in summer 2010. The eclectic menu at the 130-seat restaurant features Mediterranean influences and “nose-to-tail” cooking, emphasizing the use of offal alongside traditional cuts of meat.
Girl & the Goat was named “America’s Best New Restaurant” by Saveur magazine in their first-ever restaurant review. Girl & the Goat received a James Beard Award nomination for Best New Restaurant in 2011, the same year Food & Wine magazine named Izard a “Best New Chef.” Izard opened her second Girl & the Goat location in Los Angeles in July 2021, making it the first of her restaurants outside of Chicago.
Stephanie Izard Scylla
Izard opened her first restaurant, “Scylla,” in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood when she was 27 years old. The 50-seat restaurant, named after the Greek mythological creature Scylla, served seafood and a sweet-savory interplay with dishes like lobster-stuffed profiteroles and grouper with sweet corn risotto and lobster sauce. The Chicago Tribune gave it three stars, Chicago Magazine named it one of the “Best New Restaurants 2005,” and Bon Appétit Magazine named it one of the “Ten Best Small U.S. Restaurants.” Scylla was closed by Izard in August 2007.