How to be the GOAT
Michelin-starred, award-winning STEPHANIE IZARD has devoted significant effort to perfecting her craft. Out of late nights in the kitchen pouring over daring, flavorful experimentation comes Izard’s perspective on reaching the top of your field.
Staying Curious: Finding Your Passion
Though inarguably a landmark celebrity chef, STEPHANIE IZARD began her career through curiosity. Without a clear direction, Izard entered culinary school out of curiosity. There, she found a passion that would guide her career. In this inspiring engagement, Izard shares her tips for finding and following your passion.
Breaking Glass Ceilings
As the first female chef to win Bravo’s Top Chef, STEPHANIE IZARD inspires any audience looking to reach new heights in their careers, personal lives, or creative pursuits. Izard speaks frankly about her experiences in a male-dominated field and what it took to be so successful.
Women Making History: Stephanie Izard paved the way for the women of Top Chef
Michelin-starred, award-winning STEPHANIE IZARD, among many other achievements and accolades, was the first woman to earn the title of “Top Chef” on Bravo’s Top Chef, inspiring a generation of culinary professionals from underrepresented backgrounds. In her inspiring live engagements, Izard shares her tips for paving the way on any path.
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Stephanie Izard, James Beard “Best Chef: Great Lakes” recipient 2013, and 2011 Food & Wine “Best New Chef,” is the Executive Chef and Owner of five Chicago restaurants: Girl & the Goat, Little Goat, Duck Duck Goat, Cabra, as well as bakery Sugargoat, and two Los Angeles restaurants - Girl & the Goat LA and Cabra LA. Izard also won the coveted title of “Iron Chef” in 2017 and was the 4th winner of Bravo’s Top Chef in 2008.
A 2011 James Beard “Best New Restaurant” nominee, Girl & the Goat has been praised by high-profile publications such as Saveur, New York Times, Food & Wine, and Better Homes and Gardens. Little Goat, Stephanie’s highly successful follow-up to Girl & the Goat, features classic, Americana cuisine in a diner setting. In March 2016, Stephanie opened her third restaurant, a Chinese-inspired concept called Duck Duck Goat in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. In 2019, Stephanie’s Peruvian-inspired eatery, Cabra, opened on the rooftop of The Hoxton, Chicago and in 2020 Izard opened Sugargoat, an imaginative sweets shop and bakery. Most recently, Izard opened her first two restaurants outside of Chicago: Girl & the Goat and Cabra, both in downtown Los Angeles.
Izard also created a retail product line called “This Little Goat,” consisting of globally inspired cooking sauces, spice mixes, and crunches for home cooks and currently ships her sweets from Sugargoat nationwide in partnership with Goldbelly. Izard’s first book, Girl in the Kitchen, was released in 2011 and her second book Gather & Graze was released in April 2018.
More information on Stephanie Izard can be found at www.stephanieizard.com or follow her on Instagram at @stephanieizard.
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