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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Foundation Award 'Best Chef: Great Lakes' 2013
★Food & Wine Best New Chef 2011
★Iron Chef title 2017 (defeated Bobby Flay, Michael Symon, Masaharu Morimoto)
★First female Top Chef winner (Season 4) and Fan Favorite winner
★James Beard Best New Restaurant nominee 2011
★Saveur magazine named Girl & the Goat 'America's Best New Restaurant'
Notable Facts
→Executive Chef and Owner of 7+ restaurants across Chicago, LA, and Silicon Valley including Girl & the Goat franchise
→Published two cookbooks: 'Girl in the Kitchen' (2011) and 'Gather & Graze' (2018)
→Has 281K Instagram followers and active social media presence
→Launched This Little Goat product line of globally-inspired sauces and spices
→Partnership with BOKA Restaurant Group for multiple restaurant ventures
→Regular judge and competitor on Food Network shows including Hell's Kitchen, Guy's Grocery Games, Chopped
→Born in Evanston, IL, culinary school graduate from Le Cordon Bleu Scottsdale
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