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    The Business

    'Top Chef' Fame

    Top Chef's Richard Blais discusses how losing the first time he was on Top Chef gave him a winning television career. He talks with The Business producer Darby Maloney about leveraging the TV exposure he had on the various iterations of the Top Chef franchise to build a career in the entertainment business as a celebrity chef.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Top Chef's Richard Blais discusses how losing the first time he was on Top Chef gave him a winning television career. He talks with The Business producer Darby Maloney about leveraging the TV exposure he had on the various iterations of the Top Chef franchise to build a career in the entertainment business as a celebrity chef.

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    Top Chef's Richard Blais; Cybersecurity in Hollywood
    1. 0:00The Hollywood News Banter
    2. 7:13'Top Chef' FameYou’re reading this
    3. 28:44Hacking Hollywood
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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      Richard Blais

      'Top Chef'

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Top Chef's Richard Blais; Cybersecurity in Hollywood
    1. 0:00The Hollywood News Banter
    2. 7:13'Top Chef' FameYou’re reading this
    3. 28:44Hacking Hollywood
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