- Stefan Richter of Top Chef obviously didn’t need the prize money from the competition since he went and bought himself a restaurant anyway! If you want to work for Stefan, he is currently hiring and holding open calls from July 5 – July 7 at Santa Monica’s LA Farm. [Craigslist]

- Jill Zarin is writing her “Ask Jill” column again. In the latest installment, she talks about her new agent and how she is fielding both offers for a possible talk show and TV pilots. Would you watch Jill if she had her own talk show? [Hamptons]
- Eater is hosting a talk on July 16 with Top Chef Season 1 winner Harold Dieterle and Season 5 chef-testant Leah Cohen in New York City. They’ll talk about what it’s like to translate reality show stardom into real success. [92 Street Y]
- Kelly Bensimon claims that the lawsuit from her owl jewelry line was the result of her former assistant “wanting press.” It hasn’t stopped her from releasing another jewelry line, which will hit stores this summer. Check out the drawing from BravoFan friend David Gilmore at the end of the article! [W Magazine]
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Hello,
I have been a fan of your site for some time. Thank you! It is always a fun read!
This is the first time I felt compelled to leave a comment. I just read the article on the new jewelry line. As someone with a close working relationship with several Navajo (and other tribal entities), I was quite distressed to see her comments, especially the insinuation that Pochohantas was a Navajo and was tired of being in her canoe or kayak?! And Pochohantas wants to to disco. Yikes!
-RHFan
I just read the W article on Kelly Kil-ling-me-slowly, and I gotta wonder. HOW did that journalist keep a straight face during that interview? Bensimpleton is the first instance, as far as I can tell, of a female sociopath. Oh, but wait, aren’t sociopaths usually intelligent? Strike that.