BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Certainly, as Top Chef's first woman winner, a lot is on the shoulders of Stephanie Izard. Bravo's reality search for, well, the top chef, is now on its fourth season and some say it is high time for a woman...
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Last week, Stephanie Izard made it into the top spot of Top Chef 4. She had taken us through a see-saw performance, frequently making dishes that diners loved, but then also having struggles. She didn't win a Quickfire until the...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Anointing a female winner paid off in big ratings for "Top Chef: Chicago." An audience of 3.5 million watched Stephanie Izard win the contest Wednesday night. The season four finale was up 14 percent from the conclusion of season three....
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
The first woman to win Top Chef talks about how she did it and the competitive streak she (mostly) keeps hidden.
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
In a city known for great food there's a new "Top Chef" in town and thanks to Bravo TV, she already has millions of fans. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole talked to Chicago's own Stephanie Izard.
US News (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The winner of this season's Top Chef crown knew how to concede her misses and highlight her hits.
OK! Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The season four champ chats with OK ! about being the first female Top Chef! At the beginning of Top Chef: Chicago , Bravo asked viewers, "What will happen first: a female President or a female Top Chef?" Well, the latter definitely won out. ...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
In the end, Stephanie (sort of) slaughtered the competition. Photo courtesy of Bravo Last night on Top Chef , a woman took the coveted cooking title for the first time. Stephanie Izard’s lamb with braised pistachios won the show, over Richard's Big Brown–like stumble and Lisa’s good-but-traditional Asian menu. Our Michael Alan Connelly spoke with Stephanie this morning about her predilection for GladWare,...
KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Stephanie Izard, a 31-year-old, mild-mannered chef from Chicago, beat out 15 other contestants to win the popular reality show designed to test a cook's mettle.
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The fourth season of Bravo's reality juggernaut Top Chef concluded last night in Puerto Rico with thirty-one year old Chicago-based chef Stephanie Izard grabbing the crown and hundred thousand which comes with it. Narrowly losing out were molecular gastronomist Richard Blaise and unlikeable harpy Lisa Fernandes
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Last night, Stephanie Izard became the first woman to win Bravo's Top Chef, the elimination cooking show that just finished its fourth season. Even though it is a reality show, Stephanie was always... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Filed under: Other Reality Shows , Food/Home/DIY Did you watch the finale of Top Chef on Bravo last night? It wasn't as exciting as the previous three seasons, but what it lacked in drama, it made up for in history. For the first time ever, a woman was crowned Top Chef. Chicago chef Stephanie Izard beat out Richard Blais and Lisa Fernandes by preparing a four-course meal -- including dessert -- that...
hsuperpolitical (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Stephanie Izard, owner and chef of Chicago's Scylla and winner of Season 4 Last Season, Bravo's Top Chef broke the stereotypical mold of the Chef as a white male with a win by Hung Hyunh, now executive chef at NYC's Solo (@ the Sony Building, Madison Ave). Last night, the mold was broken yet again, as the Stephanie's finale four-course meal topped Richard's experimentation and Lisa's spiciness. If...
reality blurred (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Top Chef has its first female winner in three seasons: Stephanie Izard. "You've proven time and time again that when think we have you all figured out, you surprise us with something from left field that just wows us," Tom Colicchio said during the final moments. The Chicago-based chef beat Richard Blais and Lisa Fernandes to win the Chicago-set season, and takes home $100,000 provided by Glad, which...
Usmagazine (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The show "was one of the hardest things I've ever done," Stephanie Izard says of her victory
