Stephanie Izard
- Filed under: Celebrities
- Date: Jun 12,2008
Stephanie Izard is the winner the fourth season of Top Chef in Chicago. Izard grew up in Stamford, Connecticut and attended the University of Michigan, where she earned a degree in Sociology, before attending the Scottsdale Culinary Institute. She is the former head chef and owner of the now closed Chicago restaurant Scylla. Izard sold the restaurant before it closed, which extensive travels around the United States and abroad before she joined Top Chef. Like Hawk Harrelson with the White Sox, we’ve been unabashed homers for Stephanie Izard to win “Top Chef Chicago” here at Chicagoist pretty much since we heard that she was taking part in the show. Her performance thus far — winner of one quickfire challenge and four elimination challenges — combined with an ebullient personality has her poised as both the front runner and fan favorite to win the competition. But what does Izard have planned after “Top Chef?” We know of one event that she’s doing in two weeks. Before the show she simply owned and ran one of the better restaurants in the city in Scylla. Her statement when it was announced that Scylla was closing was that she wanted to travel more. Almost immediately after Scylla closed, reports around town had Izard in a “Top Chef” smock, running against the clock at Whole Foods. Will she make good on her plans to travel more? Or has her run on the program re-stoked the desire to re-plant stakes in the local dining scene?
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