Hotsnack: top chef says "does that come with diamonds?"
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.
oh, snack, don't be so hard on yourself. you'll always be a list to me
Posted by: erin | February 27, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Apparently, b list is the place to be then. Love your blog.
Posted by: backyardchef | February 27, 2007 at 03:05 PM
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.
Posted by: jessica | February 27, 2007 at 09:05 PM
With the goods like yours, b list? Surely you jest.
Posted by: Pim | February 28, 2007 at 08:05 AM
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,
Posted by: Louz | February 28, 2007 at 10:57 AM
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.
Posted by: Matt | February 28, 2007 at 12:01 PM
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
Posted by: Melanie | February 28, 2007 at 06:37 PM
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.
Posted by: James | March 04, 2007 at 07:00 PM