Stephanie Izard Chef -

Born October 30, 1976 in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Mini Bio (1) Stephanie Izard was born on October 30, 1976 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Bacon Noir (2011), Iron Chef Eats (2017) and Top Chef Masters (2009). She has been married to Gary Valentine since October 6, 2013. They have one child.

Spouse Gary Valentine (6 October 2013 - present) 1 child M1. Ernie William Valentine (26 May 2016)

First female winner of Top Chef (2006).

Winner of 'Top Chef: Chicago'.

Chef/owner, "The Girl and the Goat" in Chicago.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 37, a son named Ernie William Valentine on May 26, 2016 at 6:29 a.m. in Chicago, Ernie weighed in at 8 lbs., 1 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Child's father is her husband, Gary Valentine.

Stephanie Izard is an American chef and television personality residing in Chicago, Illinois, best known as the first female chef to win Bravo's Top Chef, taking the title 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 opened her first restaurant, Scylla (now closed) as chef-owner at the age of 27. Izard received a James Beard Foundation Award for "Best Chef: Great Lakes" in 2013 for her work at Girl and the Goat. She has made a number of appearances on Top Chef since her win, both as a guest judge on subsequent seasons and as a participant in Top Chef Duels. In 2017, Izard competed in the Food Network series Iron Chef Gauntlet, where she overall defeated chefs Bobby Flay, Michael Symon, and Masaharu Morimoto to obtain the title of Iron Chef.

Personal life Izard has a dog named Burt, who is a frequent guest on her social media networks and has his own Twitter. Izard currently resides in Chicago with her son, Ernie (born in 2016) and husband, Gary Valentine, a craft beer consultant, whom she married on October 6, 2013.