BRAVO EXPANDS UNSCRIPTED PROGRAMMING BY 20%
BRAVO EXPANDS UNSCRIPTED PROGRAMMING BY 20% AND UNVEILS PREMIERE DATES FOR ITS RETURNING ROSTER OF PERSONALITY DRIVEN SHOWS New Seasons Pick-Ups For "Flipping Out," "My Life On The D-List," "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," "Bethenny's Getting Married?" "Thintervention With Jackie Warner" And "The Rachel Zoe Project" Gail Simmons To Host "Top Chef: Just Desserts" PASADENA, CALIF. - January 10, 2010 - Having just celebrated its fourth consecutive best year ever in 2009 - ranked as the No. 18...

Bravo's New Lineup: A Top Chef Spin-Off, More Bethenny Frankel and More
Top Chef: Just Desserts just got a little sweeter. Longtime Top Chef judge Gail Simmons has been named the host of the upcoming spin-off, expected to premiere later this year. The culinary competition's first spin-off, Top Chef Masters , will return for a second season on March 7 at 11/10c before moving to 10/9c the following week. Bravo's Top Chef spins off into Just Desserts Also getting pickups are Real Housewives of Atlanta , My Life on the D-List , Flipping Out and The Rachel...

Bravo's New Lineup: A Top Chef Spin-Off, More Bethenny Frankel and More
Top Chef: Just Desserts just got a little sweeter. Longtime Top Chef judge Gail Simmons has been named the host of the upcoming spin-off, expected to premiere later this year. The culinary competition's first spin-off, Top Chef Masters , will return for a second season on March 7 at 11/10c before moving to 10/9c the following week. Bravo's Top Chef spins off into Just Desserts Also getting pickups are Real Housewives of Atlanta , My Life on the D-List , Flipping Out and The Rachel...

PADMA LAKSHMI BUMPS INTO THE TIMES CENTER
Continuing to impact as she reaches the latter stages of her Pregnancy, Padma Lakshmi was discover at The Times Center in New royalty City on Sat (January 9). Joined by “Top Chef” pals Eric Ripert, Frank Bruni and Gail Simmons, the assemble was on-hand for the 9th Annual New royalty Times Arts & Leisure Weekend

New Year's Resolutions for Real Housewives
New Year’s Resolutions for Real Housewives : Bravo Fan - Bravo Fan – for all the latest news on Bravo original programming and its stars, from Top Chef to The Real Housewives News Feed

Padma Lakshmi Bumps Into the Times Center
Continuing to work as she reaches the latter stages of her Pregnancy, Padma Lakshmi was out at The Times Center in New York City on Saturday (January 9). Joined by “Top Chef” pals Eric Ripert, Frank Bruni and Gail Simmons, the group was on-hand for the 9th Annual New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend.

Nene Leakes Isn't Leaving “Real Housewives of Atlanta”
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Bravo to grow unscripted hours by 20%
NBC Universal-owned US cable channel Bravo has confirmed five new Reality series and a slew of renewals as part of a plan to lift unscripted programming on its schedule by 20%. The new shows include Bethenny's Getting Married and Thintervention With Jackie Warner, both of which have been previously reported as in development, plus 9 By Design, Double Exposure and Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. The first of the new series will follow Bethenny Frankel from Real Housewives of New York as she...

Bethenny Frankel & Jackie Warner: 'Thintervention'&'Getting Married'
Bethenny Frankel (’ Real Housewives of New York City ‘) and Jackie Warner (’ Work Out ‘) have both snagged their own series, Bravo has announced. Warner’s ‘Thinvervention’ will force overweight participants to lose the extra poundage and change their lives. “This is a docu-series that will follow your physical, emotional and psychological journey on your way to your best body and self,” says a casting notice. The show is currently...

Bravo greenlights 'Desserts'
Bravo is giving "Real Housewives of New York" featured player Bethenny Frankel her own show while expanding its food franchise with spinoff "Top Chef: Just Desserts." As part of NBC Universal day at the Television Critics Assn. confab in Pasadena, net announced Sarah Jessica Parker will come to the Bravo fold with competition skein "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist." Fourteen contestants vie against one another in order to win a cash prize and have their work exhibited at a solo show at a...

'Instant Gratification'
Last night was an amazingly fun night … David, Isaac and I met up with our friends Christopher, Josh, Emma and her BFF Melanie for a delicious dinner at Stefan’s at LA Farm in Santa Monica, CA. Much to my surprise and glee, it turns out that Stefan is THE Stefan from Top Chef: New York . The food was really fantastic but Stefan , bless him, spent all of his time schmoozing with the guests in the dining room rather than in the kitchen. He greeted us when we arrived, came...

Best of '09: The 10 Most Popular DCist Posts of the Year
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Bravo's New Lineup: A Top Chef Spin-Off, More Bethenny Frankel and More
Top Chef: Just Desserts just got a little sweeter.

'Top Chef' Contestant Kevin Gillespie, Wife Divorcing
' Top Chef ' cheftestant Kevin Gillespie -- who finished third on the competition -- and his wife are splitting. In an interview with USA Today , the Reality TV star admits he's going through some personal turmoil. "I've had a lot of conflict ... like, in my personal life, my wife and I are going through a Divorce. So it's been really challenging," he says. And it was all happening while he was competing for the 'Top Chef' crown. "And all of this was going on during 'Top Chef,' which kind of...

“Top Chef”Voltaggio Brothers Launch New Web Show
Leave a Comment I know a few of you had some crushes on Bryan and Top Chef 6 winner Michael Voltaggio , so here’s a little good news for you: the brothers are launching a weekly web series! The shows will be produced by EQAL, a web series production company that also hosts shows by Paula Deen and Alicia Silverstone. They’re also the folks behind lonelygirl15 if you can remember those tender first years of YouTube. Here’s a trailer for the show, launching in 2010.

One small snack for man
A Top Chef sends his Michelin star-winning grub into orbit for space station astronauts

Knives at Dawn
Despite America’s zest for “Top Chef”-style spectacle, the fabled Bocuse d’Or cooking competition held biannually in Lyon, France, is not well known here — perhaps because America has never placed

Top Chef's Padma and Tom Show Their Support
Top Chef judges, unite! Padma Lakshmi and Tom Coliccho pose backstage at LAByrinth Theater Company’s 6th Annual Gala Benefit, held December 7th at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan. Pregnant Padma, 39, expects her first child in late March/early April, while Tom is a new dad to son Luka Bodhi , 4 months,

'Top Chef' Kevin Dishes on Reunion Show
Kevin Gillespie may not have taken the title of ‘ Top Chef ‘ on last week’s season finale, but he may just walk away with the honor of being the ‘Fan Favorite,’ to be announced during Wednesday’s ‘Reunion’ episode of Bravo’s culinary hit. “I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch,” the Atlanta-based Chef says of the ‘Favorite’ possibility, “but we'll see…I sure hope so.” Gillespie was...

'Top Chef' duo to start web series
Top Chef: Las Vegas contestants Bryan and Michael Voltaggio are to star in a new web series. The brothers will share hosting duties on the show, reports Slashfood . The series will focus on the Chefs' favourite ingredients, techniques and gadgets. It will debut in January on the Voltaggio brothers' official website. Bryan, 33, is Chef and partner at VOLT, a restaurant in Frederick, MD. Michael, 30, is Chef de Cuisine at the Dining Room at the Langham in Pasadena, CA.

Top Chef - High Voltage
It's morning in Napa, and the final three are getting ready for the day. Kevin interviews how excited he is to be one of the finalists. He's won five eliminations, the most of everyone, but he thinks Bryan has great technique, and Michael is incredibly creative, so it's anyone's game. As they eat breakfast, they wonder what Jen is doing right now, and Michael suggests that she's detoxing. Then Michael jokes that he wishes it were Bryan who went home. It sounds mean, but it actually comes off as...

Busy Signal, “Pon Me (Pon de Floor Riddim)” MP3
It came out so long ago we can’t remember if we heard anyone chat over Major Lazer ’s indefatigable “Pon de Floor,” but chances are whoever did sucked yakballz compared to Busy Signal ’s ferocious take. We didn’t think it could get any spazzier but Busy’s frenetic, wine-instructive cadence chops it up like a Top Chef and gives a song that ran our summer a brand new life. If “Pon de Floor” was the audio embodiment of Skerrit Bwoy daggering a...

My Favorite Hood Couple….
Photos via Freddy O Diamond (formerly of Crime Mobb) and rapper Lil Scrappy have held the titled down of one of my personal favorite couples since the inception of NecoleBitchie.com . What’s not to love about these two? They were spotted giving that tongue action this past weekend at Lil Scrappy’s surprise birthday party in Atlanta. The engaged couple are very much in love and have tatted their initials on each other ( view gallery ). Meanwhile, it turned into a date night as...

PHOTO GALLERY: The Hottest Bikini Bods of Reality TV
The tears and the drama (oh the catfights, breakups, make-ups, and hook-ups!) may be more fiction than fact, but one thing that is real on today’s hottest reality shows are some of the toned figures gracing that silver screen. We’ve compiled who we think have the ten most envy-worthy bodies (see if you agree!)We also chatted with Sky Sport Spa owner Jackie Warner (and a hot reality star in her own right on Bravo’s Workout) to get her take on why these women made the cut. read more

Bravo Green-Lights 'Project Runway' Knock-Off, New Jackie Warner Project
Launch My Line —originally titled Celebrity Sew Off —will feature a gang of famous contestants vying to launch their own clothing lines. Each celeb will be paired with a fashion expert who will help to bring the line to fruition. What, celebrities need a reality show to launch their own clothing lines now? In an age wen even K-Fed is putting out kids' fashions ? Project Runway , of course, is moving on to the Lifetime channel , after being kept in legal limbo for...