Hotsnack: top chef says “does that come with diamonds?”

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February 26, 2007

Scene: Top Chef Ilan Hall boarding the 8:30 am flight JFK to Fort Lauderdale last Thursday (for the South Beach Food & Wine Festival).

Moncler black vest: $375
Pink shoe laces for white Nikes: $4
Louis Vuitton duffel bag: $1,100
Louis Vuitton white belt with candy-colored logo:$350
Patek Philippe Aquanaut Luce watch in pure white (with diamonds): $11,950

Having a b-list blogger play ‘The Price is Right’ on your ensemble…priceless.

UPDATE 3.22.07: Turns out Ilan Hall’s Bravo bonus check is still in the mail. Meaning he hasn’t been paid yet, which may be why he’s shopping on Canal Street instead of Madison Avenue. He certainly had me fooled from a distance.

12 responses to “Hotsnack: top chef says “does that come with diamonds?””

Grub Street – New York Magazine’s Food and Restaurant Blog

February 27, 2007

Ilan Hall Gets His Bling On; Chodorow Seeks His White Whale

Top Chef winner Ilan Hall is seen walking in the airport with paired Louis Vuitton bag and belt, white Nikes with pink laces, and a $12,000 Patek Philippe diamond watch. [Snac…

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erin

February 27, 2007

oh, snack, don’t be so hard on yourself. you’ll always be a list to me

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backyardchef

February 27, 2007

Apparently, b list is the place to be then. Love your blog.

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Gawker

February 27, 2007

‘Top Chef’ Ilan Hall Spent Prize Money On One Outfit

Winners of Bravo’s cheffery competition get $100,000 in “seed money,” which they’re meant to use to open a restaurant….

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jessica

February 27, 2007

Well,Ilan’s a fag, and I don’t mean homosexual. He’s a nancy, girlie-man, spineless, celebrity whore wannabe whose taste in clothes and accessories only shows his incredible inability to understand what is important. What a fag.

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Pim

February 28, 2007

With the goods like yours, b list? Surely you jest.

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Louz

February 28, 2007

just remember Ilan is originally from Great Neck , Long Island, so he probably was wealthy already or at least got a good deal on that watch,

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Matt

February 28, 2007

Some months ago, my wife and I sat at the food bar at Casa Mono. Ilan spent the entire time talking to us while cooking. I don’t know why he’s getting a bad wrap from so many people. He was down-to-earth and welcomed the conversation. Nothing about him came across spineless, girlie-man, or celeb wanna-be. He just won top chef – that’s gonna inflate anybody’s ego for a bit.

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Melanie

February 28, 2007

Bravo’s The Dish has put up this story today: Ilan Hall’s Bling, referencing your blog report: http://www.bravotv.com/blog/thedish/2007/02/ilan_halls_bling.php

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The Dish

March 1, 2007

Ilan Hall: $$$

Oh, the perils of becoming Top Chef! Ilan Hall can’t go anywhere without people recognizing him. Granted, not everyone that recognizes him likes him — dude was not the most popular contestant on the show. But he did win,…

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Grub Street – New York Magazine’s Food and Restaurant Blog

March 1, 2007

Josie Malave Named Executive Chef

While Ilan Hall wanders around airports wearing street couture (or did you not <a href=”http://snack.blogs.com/snack/2007/02/hotsnack_top_ch.htm…

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James

March 4, 2007

http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef_2/photos/cast/index.shtml?slideshow=topchef_cast&pic=28#picAnchor
That is the watch he was seen wearing, and it is not a 11 grand patek phillipe.

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