I'll preface this by saying that we won't be held responsible if any of these turn out to be false, but let's discuss a couple of the Top Chef rumors that we heard this week - because what fun are reality show participants if you can't talk about them once in a while?
A friend, recently returned from Las Vegas and "one of the best meals of [her] life" at Tom Colicchio's restaurant, Craftsteak, reported that her waiter said Elia was recruited for the show and never intended to audition in the first place. In this case, the friend is a reliable source, but how the waiter from the restaurant got the information is something we'll never know.
An irate "fan" of Top Chef physically assaulted Marcel in a Las Vegas nightclub by hitting him with a bottle. Marcel needed 30 stitches to close up the cut above his eye. Totally uncalled for - not to mention highly disturbing.
Ilan Hall, who is one of the two chefs to make it into the final cookoff, has quit his job as a line cook at Mario Batali's New York eatery, Casa Mono. As we all known Ilan only knows Spanish food - what will he do now? Could this be an indicator of how things turned out for him in the finale - good or bad?
On-set spies say that Padma might have the munchies, explaining the former model's seemingly large appetite.
Want to know what former contestant Sam Talbot eats in a week?
1-27-2007 @12:57PM CigarLady said... I'd heard the Mario Batali was closing Casa Mono to divert more money to Del Posto.
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1-27-2007 @12:57PM itsasecret said... Must be nice to be able to afford Nobu every month...I've always found Republic Noodle to be unimpressive...
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1-27-2007 @1:09PM Angela Pitt said... No matter what happens to any of the chefs, they all
have had a wonderful experience. Not many people will
ever get the opportunity to do what they have. I
think some chefs are unsung heroes and others get
more attention than they deserve.
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1-27-2007 @2:51PM kerry said... the wicked witch of top chef(betty) started all the hate towards Marcel he didnt do anything to deserve the cruel and immature treatment he got from the other chefs!!even ilia turned on him in the end!! what a shame i hope he wins, he was the only chef with great integrity.by the way the gal that hit him w/a bottle should be in jail!! you dont hit someone cuz you dont like their attitude!!!
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1-27-2007 @5:11PM Laryssa said... Hahahahaha. I defnitely thought Padma was acting strange in the last few episodes. I don't like her as a hostess anyway.
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