Celebrity chef Stephanie Izard – “Top Chef” champion, James Beard Award winner and Michelin star – brings her popular restaurant concept Girl & The Goat to Silicon Valley.

Its first NorCal location, Valley Goat, will debut in early 2025 in Sunnyvale as a tenant of the flagship restaurant first Treehouse Hotel in the United Statesaccording to the Boka Restaurant Group announcement. This lodging project, in the works for two years, took over the former Sheraton site on North Mathilda Avenue.

Valley Goat will offer seating for 250 guests indoors, on patios and at the bar.

Izard had his big chance Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” in the fourth season, becoming the first woman to win the title. She won the James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef: Great Lakes” in 2013 and has garnered numerous other awards and accolades.

Izard’s restaurants feature globally influenced, locally sourced, shareable dishes. At Chicago’s original Girl & The Goat restaurant and Los Angeles restaurant, Mediterranean, Asian and Middle Eastern flavors blend together on the menu.

In Los Angeles, consider Naan & Dips and Olive Focaccia appetizers; entrees like Chili-Sichuan Sea Bass (with Honeycrisp Apples and Spiced Almonds) and Beef Short Rib Noodles (with Grilled Pineapple and Pickled Vegetables); and a dessert list including plantain cake and mango sticky rice.

The signature ingredient currently appears in four dishes: Confit Goat Belly, Goat Curry, Goat Shank and Goat Liver Mousse. (The catchy Girl & The Goat theme came about because the name Izard is a type of mountain goat in the French Pyrenees.)

A seasonal cocktail menu is in the works, and wine, beer and spirits lists will be sourced from California and beyond, Boka’s announcement states.

Izard has already met with farmers and growers in the Bay Area and Sunnyvale and said she is excited about the abundance of produce.

Originally from the Chicago suburbs and raised in Connecticut, Izard started his restaurant empire in Chicago but now lives in Los Angeles. In addition to Girl & The Goat, she also owns the Cabra restaurants in Los Angeles and Chicago and Duck Duck Goat and Little Goat in Chicago. She has written two cookbooks: “Girl in the Kitchen” and “Gather & Graze.”

Details: 1100 N. Mathilda Ave., Sunnyvale; www.treehousehotels.com/silicon-valley/eat-drink/valley-goat And https://stephanieizard.com/

Originally published: November 5, 2024 at 1:45 p.m. PST