Executive Chef and Owner of Girl & the Goat
Stephanie Izard: Biography at a Glance
- Stephanie Izard is a trailblazing chef and restaurateur whose bold creativity and entrepreneurial spirit have built a family of acclaimed restaurants across Chicago and California, including the award-winning Girl & the Goat.
- As the first woman to win Bravo’s Top Chef and a recipient of the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes, Izard has redefined what’s possible for women and innovators in the culinary world.
- Her restaurants and cookbooks showcase a unique ability to blend global inspiration with local ingredients, a creative approach that resonates with audiences beyond the kitchen, from business leaders to students.
- Izard’s reach extends to television, where she has appeared as both a competitor and a judge on national culinary competitions, bringing her expertise, authenticity, and inventive spirit to millions of viewers.
- A successful entrepreneur and author, Izard shares lessons in creativity, risk-taking, and resilience that inspire audiences to embrace experimentation, collaboration, and bold thinking in their own fields.
Biography
Stephanie Izard, recipient of James Beard Best Chef: Great Lakes and Food & Wine Best New Chef, is the Executive Chef and Owner of Girl & the Goat, Little Goat, Duck Duck Goat, Cabra, and Lucky Goat in Chicagoland, along with Girl & the Goat and Valley Goat in California. Izard also won the coveted title of Iron Chef and was the 4th winner of Bravo’s Top Chef. Izard jumped back into television with the release of The Curious Chef, a Taste made television series where she visits home cooks to get a taste of their time-honored recipes and traditions, alongside numerous appearances, as both a competitor and a judge, on shows including Tournament of Champions, Hell’s Kitchen, Superchef Grudge Match, Guy’s Grocery Games, Chopped, and more. A James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee, Girl & the Goat has been praised by high-profile publications such as Saveur, The New York Times, and Food & Wine.
Little Goat Diner, Stephanie’s highly successful follow-up to Girl & the Goat, features classic, Americana cuisine in a diner setting. Stephanie opened her third restaurant, a Chinese-inspired concept called Duck Duck Goat, and her Peruvian-inspired eatery, Cabra, opened on the rooftop of The Hoxton, Chicago. Then Izard expanded to the West Coast with Girl & the Goat in downtown Los Angeles and, more recently, Valley Goat in Silicon Valley. The latest addition to the Goat family is Lucky Goat, located within Chicagoland’s Hollywood Casino. Izard’s first book, Girl in the Kitchen, was released in 2011, and her second book, Gather & Graze, was released in 2018.
Topics
The Recipe for Innovation: Creativity, Risk, and Resilience
Stephanie Izard takes audiences behind the scenes of her culinary journey to explore how experimentation, curiosity, and a willingness to fail forward can spark breakthrough innovation. With lessons that extend far beyond the kitchen, she reveals how anyone—whether in business, school, or life—can cultivate a creative mindset.
Global Inspiration, Local Impact
Izard demonstrates how blending global influences with local traditions has shaped her success and sparked new ideas in her restaurants. This talk encourages audiences to look outward for inspiration while staying grounded in community and purpose.
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