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Iliana Regan

Iliana Regan

Keynote Speaker: Chicago Chef; 2016 Food & Wine Best New Chef

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Iliana Regan Biography

Why Regan is amazing: Her exquisite Nordic-style cooking highlights Midwestern ingredients (acorn puree, pickled crab apples, wild greens, cured bear meat). It’s fascinating, beautiful, rustic and modern all at once.

Born: Merrillville, IN, 1979

Résumé: Stages at Trio, Schwa, L20 and Table Fifty-Two, Chicago. Regan started Elizabeth as an underground supper club, which she opened in her Chicago home, hosting elaborate tasting menu dinners on weekends.

Education: Studied chemical engineering at Indiana University; degree in fiction writing from Columbia College Chicago

Quintessential dish: Hen-of-the-woods mushrooms with edible weeds, juniper vinaigrette and roasted garlic aioli. "We collect the mushrooms in the fall; we rub them with white oak acorns and panko, so they have a very distinct taste and flavor. We dress them with a juniper vinaigrette made from juniper berries we harvest, plus roasted garlic aioli. So there’s this element of comfort but with all this other wild stuff."

Other food-related experience: While she was in college, Regan waitressed at elite Chicago restaurants like Trio and Alinea to pay for school. In 2008, she started her own business making preserves and homespun foods to sell at local farmers’ markets and stores. (Chicago magazine named her pierogies the best in 2010.)

Side project: She also owns and operates Bunny, the Micro Bakery. As the name suggests, this is a tiny space with a menu that includes doughnuts, breads, jams and ice cream, and toasts like the Foie Gras Toast: brioche with jam and an owl-shaped foie gras terrine.

Where the name of her restaurant comes from: Elizabeth is named after her sister who passed away in 2003.

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Iliana Regan Videos

Iliana Regan of Kitsune | Bootstrapping in America - YouTube
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Iliana Regan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Food & Beverage and Celebrity Chef.

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Iliana Regan generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Iliana Regan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Food & Beverage and Celebrity Chef. The estimated speaking fee range to book Iliana Regan for live events is $10,000 - $20,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Iliana Regan generally travels from Chicago, IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dominique Crenn, Art Smith and Stephanie Izard. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Iliana Regan for an upcoming event.

Iliana Regan Videos

Iliana Regan of Kitsune | Bootstrapping in America - YouTube
Key Ingredient: Dried Limes - YouTube
Iliana Regan of Elizabeth-Restaurant | Bootstrapping in America ...
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