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Girasol Review: CJ Jacobson's New Studio City Restaurant Doesn't Always Succeed

The chef's stint at Noma is a clear influence but the execution sometimes trips him up.

The Borgen or Eat, Drink, Love Flowchart: What to Watch This Weekend

Sunday marks the premiere of Bravo's Eat, Drink, Love, a reality show that follows five (pointedly) single women in Los Angeles as they go about their various food-related jobs. But, as there are so many television shows and so little time, maybe you need a little help deciding whether you should sp ... More >>

Real Housewives of Orange County Star Gretchen Rossi is Not a "Big Designer Girl"

By now we should all be familiar with the basic components of Real Housewives style: orange tan, big hair, shiny lips, Botoxed brow, skimpy Barbie-doll dress, hooker heels and the occasional fur. But while the housewives of the hit TV franchise may appear indistinguishable to the untrained eye, ther ... More >>

The Freshman Class: A New Documentary Series on Cooking Channel

Drama on food television can be pretty predictable. There's the suspense by mystery element in the form of a basket of secret ingredients, undercover dinner guests, or maybe a surprise challenge. There's also the conceit of the cooking competition amongst chefs, amateurs, or some combo of the two. P ... More >>

Sang Yoon and Neal Fraser to Compete on Top Chef Masters Season 5

Bravo has announced the lineup for Top Chef Masters' fifth season, and L.A. has a few horses in the race. Sang Yoon, of Father's Office and Lukshon, and Neal Fraser of the Strand House and Fritzi Dog, will be part of the 13-chef cast competing for money for a charity of their choice. Yoon will compe ... More >>

Watch What Happens Live

5 Offbeat Things To Do in L.A. This Week

See also: *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *10 Best Stand-Up Comedy Shows in Los Angeles Tired of frequenting the same routine haunts for entertainment? Suffer no longer with these fantastically quirky events, from Kathy Griffin ... More >>

Escape from the D-List

Fabio Viviani on Life After Top Chef Why "Success Is Personal"

See also: Top Chef Tour: Richard Blais vs. Fabio Viviani at Hollywood & Highland See also: Top Chef Masters Recap: "Do You Want to Be Comforted, or Do You Want to Be Thrilled?" It's 10:00 a.m., and chef Fabio Viviani is eating cereal with chocolate milk. "Whole grain Cheerios, because fiber is good ... More >>

Top Chef Seattle Cheftestants Announced

Bravo announced this morning that Top Chef Season 10 "will be coming to you shortly," that it was filmed in Seattle, and revealed the identity of the season's contestants. Judges this season will be Deadpan-Padma and Tough-Tom, of course, as well as Gail Simmons and Hugh Acheson. Wolfgang Puck will ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Un-Thaied

Curtis Stone is, in the words of Derek Zoolander, "really, really, ridiculously good-looking," so not the type, we'd imagine, to get tongue-tied around the ladies. But leave it to hometown girl Dita Von Teese, L.A.'s (and the world's) queen of burlesque to make TV's reigning pin-up boy blush. Von T ... More >>

Howdy, Sailor ... It's Top Chef, The Cruise!

Just when Top Chef apathy has reached a crippling level of "I just don't care any more," the brilliant marketing minds at Bravo have come up with a new way to garner cash interest. It's Top Chef ... on a boat!!

Top Chef Masters Recap: Cooking for Billionaires, and Why Curtis Stone Is, in Fact, the Man

Hooray! Top Chef Masters is back! You know, that souped-up version of the old Bravo staple in which we get to watch alreadyfamous chefs duke it out in the kitchen, not for money (as all their winnings go to charity) but for the prestige of being crowned truly the best of the best. Right? That must ... More >>

Top Chef Tour: Richard Blais vs. Fabio Viviani at Hollywood & Highland

If Richard Blais has any rug burn on its face, it's from hanging out with Fabio Viviani for the last few days. "The kisses are getting longer," Blais joked. "It's the stubble that bothers me." The two have spent yesterday and today going head-to-head on the Top Chef Tour -- a mini version of the Br ... More >>

Andy Cohen's Most Talkative Book Party: A Bravo Addict's Wet Dream

Ken Todd, husband of Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump, looks nervous. He's walking around the couple's Beverly Hills restaurant Sur Lounge, making sure everything's in order. He totes their dog, Giggy, who's outfitted in a purple, gemstone-encrusted suit that might weigh more than the pocket dog itsel ... More >>

No Kitchen Required Around the World in 80 Plates: Does the food still matter?

It takes a special kind of chef to sign up for a competition show. When it comes to cooking, it's much easier, really, to stay in your own kitchen, keep your nose to the saucepan and crank out the best food you know how without the aggravation of mystery ingredients and a ticking clock. But that's ... More >>

Top Chef Casting Call at The Foundry

Top Chef is turning 10! Are you surprised? Unlikely. They only win Emmys and James Beard awards out the wazoo. If we were Bravo, we'd keep milking that cash cow as well. But of course, one needs new talent to keep those Quickfires hot, which means it's casting call time.

Real Housewife of NYC Sells Fur, Feather Merkins (aka Vagina Wigs)

Oh good. Another one of those housewives from one of those Bravo shows is finding a new hobby to make her life appear more relevant to society. First it was sex toys and now it's merkins, aka pubic wigs, aka fake vagina hair. Confused? Here's a brief history of the merkin to catch you up to speed. ... More >>

Nathan Myhrvold on Top Chef: Who Will Be the "Modern-est?"

Nathan Myrhvold​Even if you're kind of over Top Chef (Quickfire challenges! Padma in halter tops!), you might want to tune in tonight to check it out. Because tonight's guest judge is none other than Nathan Myhrvold, the man behind Modernist Cuisine, which 6-volume set is the contestants' home ... More >>

L.A. Sex Toy Company to Launch Vibrator Into Space, Film Its Survival Story

Yes, this is a ridiculous marketing stunt for SexToy.com. Even more ridiculous, somehow, than the underground party bunker that porn studio Pink Visual is constructing for the coming apocalypse. But who can resist the timeless tale of launching a formerly Earthbound species into space for the very ... More >>

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Taylor's Meltdown -- Can We Handle It?

bravotv.comCamille, Kyle and Lisa comfort Taylor.​Now for the uncomfortable part. When we last left the Housewives, the "creaky beavers" were storming Beaver Creek and having a grand old time. They had a lovely day on the slopes, were greeted at the bottom with warm chocolate chip cookies, th ... More >>

Russell Armstrong's Real Housewives Suicide: How Will Bravo React?

Via taylorarmstrong.com.​Local venture capitalist Russell Armstrong, estranged husband of Bravo TV star Taylor Armstrong of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, was found dead Monday, having hanged himself in the Mulholland Drive home of a friend. Immediately several members of the Bravo fami ... More >>

KINGS OF PASTRY

Top Chef All-Stars Officially Announced With 18 Runner-Up Contestants

Bravo​ Ladies and gentlemen, it appears that the rumors of a Top Chef All-Stars season are true! TV Guide Magazine released an official report from Bravo that the upcoming eighth run of the Emmy award-winning competitive cooking show will include an all-star cast of eighteen runners-up from p ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Danielle Keene's Roasted Banana Ice Cream

Greg Huebner photographyice cream cones​ Pastry chef Danielle Keene (Little Door, Wilshire, BLT Steak), has been busy with her own on-line dessert kitchen, Bittersweet Treats, for more than a year now. She talked about the move from restaurant kitchens to running her own small business, as we ... More >>

James Beard Foundation: The L.A. Celebrity Chef Tour

James Beard Foundation​ Chances are very few of us will ever get the opportunity to dine at the The James Beard House. Forget the fact that it's three thousand miles away in New York's Greenwich Village; even if it was in your backyard the fact is that James Beard events are typically reserve ... More >>

Michael Voltaggio Leaves the Langham: "My Goal Is To Stay In L.A."

PHOTO: Courtesy of Bravo TV Michael Voltaggio​The LA Times reported yesterday that Top Chef winner Michael Voltaggio has decided to part ways with The Langham. We caught up with the chef late this morning, just before he stepped into the kitchen at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, to get his t ... More >>

How Top Chefs Shake Off June Gloom A Fog-Lifting Cocktail Recipe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/posixeleni/2566950190/June Gloom​ You'd think we'd expect June Gloom by now, but somehow it's still a shock to be substituting our swimsuits for sweaters and fun in the sun for fog lamps after Memorial Day. So how do we lift the fog of June's persistent gloom? We ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Cheese, Crying and Marcus Samuelsson

Bravo TVEpisode 2 of Top Chef Masters​ Episode 2 of Top Chef Masters kicked off last night, and while there were no L.A. chefs represented in this episode, the show does take place in L.A., so we got to enjoy a lot of B-roll shots of Union Station. This week's chefs were Marcus Samuelsson (R ... More >>

Top Chef Heads to D.C. With Kate Winslet Possible Judge: Why Not Rahm Emanuel??

Greg KadelPadma Lakshmi​ Top Chef is on the move again, trading in the red chips of Vegas for the red tape of Washington, D.C. And in typical political fashion, the show's shooting schedule has been held up - this time due to Emmy-nominated host Padma Lakshmi's pregnancy. "We were supposed to ... More >>

Sashay Mayor V: Hizzoner Hits 'Runway'

In between solving a $500 million budget shortfall, choosing a new Los Angeles Police Department chief and making sure those potholes get filled, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa found time to appear on this week's season finale of Bravo's Project Runway.Bravo​ They had a little fun with the city's ... More >>

Just Desserts: Top Chef Spin-off Show For Pastry Chefs Announced Today

Padma with chocolate​If you've been sitting through all those Top Chef elimination and Quickfire challenges just to get to the desserts, Bravo has the show for you. Today network executives announced that a Top Chef spin-off series has been picked up. Top Chef: Just Desserts (the same drill, o ... More >>

Cooking With Kids, and Watching Movies With Them Too: The Joys of Ratatouille

PixarRatatouille ​If you have young kids, and have much spent time making sure they know their way around the kitchen, you probably know the drill. Buy them some kids' cookbooks, maybe sign them up for a kids' cooking class, invite their friends over for kitchen projects. My kids' have gone to ... More >>

A Night of Top Chef Programming on Bravo: Pack Your Knives First, Please

Photo credit: BravoTom & Padma​If you're a fan of Top Chef, you will be staying at home tonight, breathlessly munching on dishes you've perhaps cooked from one of Rick Bayless's books. Or Huber Keller's or Michael Chiarello's. Or maybe Tom Colicchio's or even Padma Lakshmi's (yes, two of them) ... More >>

Top Chef Masters, Episode 2: Suzanne Tracht Should be on your Desert Island

BravoSuzanne TrachtLA's own Suzanne Tracht (chef-owner of Jar, Tracht's) handily won last night's Top Chef Masters battle, serving up a potluck plate of uni risotto and wild boar to the creators of Lost with a calm professionalism that could have been mistaken for indifference. Just the right attitu ... More >>

Queens and Things

Jeff Lewis: The (Nanny) Camera Hates Him

Getting wiggy with the star of Flipping Out

How the Hell Is It June Already?

What to do in L.A., May 30-June 5

Rami Kashou

In or out

Patti Stanger

Match game

Project Jump Ship: Moguls Fight Fiercely Over Runway

... agents Endeavor to change

Antifashionist Tendencies

Dressing down; Akbar weekends; you gotta Lavitt

Kathy Griffin's Kodak Moment

A Q&A with the former D-lister

Makin' It Work

Style Wars, Divine Design and Kitchen 24

Sneak Peak: Project Comeback

An exclusive first look at Jeffrey Sebelia’s post–Project Runway collection as the bad-boy designer still battles for respect

Project Yard Sale

Project Bitch Slap

The D-Lister’s Guide to Reality-Show Happiness

Kathy Griffin, fan and foe to countless reality celebs, puts her own life before the camera

HOOPLA

A Shy Lady, croquet and Illegal Art

Our Big Fat Gay Year