Posted on Friday, 02.13.2009

On February 21st, former Top Chef contestants Jeff McInnis, Hosea Rosenberg, Melissa Harrison, Leah Cohen and Jamie Lauren will each host a food station at the Pelican Hotel penthouse and try to prove why they should have won Top Chef. The event starts at 9PM and tickets are $175. To purchase, visit chefmcinnis.com.

Katie Lee Joel will host a night of gourmet comfort cuisine at the Hotel De Soliel in South Beach on February 20th. Expected attendees include Paula Deen and Govind Armstrong.

Rachael Ray will film Rachael Ray’s Vacation on February 19th and 30th at Area 31 and Alta Mar restaurants.

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are scheduled to host a big Valentine’s party on February 14th at Passions nightclub at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Jeb Bush dined at Red, The Steakhouse on Saturday night. Wyclef Jean also showed up there on Saturday night before his surprise performance at LIV Miami nightclub

On Friday night, Eva Longoria showed up at Louis Bar-Lounge along with Wayne Boich and Renata Black, Longoria’s co-host for Lingerie Miami. From there, she went to LIV where she danced in the DJ booth and then to Mokai till about 3:30AM.

Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez partied the for about 2 hours at Louis Bar-Lounge last Thursday with former Yankee, Chuck Knoblauch, and a table of women.

Maria Celeste of Telemundo’s El Rojo Vivo attended a brunch for Fendi’s Spring/Summer line at Club 50 at the Viceroy Miami. Celeste asked to borrow one of the featured styles for her upcoming People En Español’s 50 Most Powerful Women shoot, for which she will be featured on the cover.

Brooke Hogan was recently shopping at the new Inca boutique at The Gansevoort where she attracted plenty of attention when she stripped down to her underwear in the store to try on bikinis. She left the store with over $2,000-worth of bikinis and cover-ups.

Shakira celebrated her birthday with her family at RA Sushi in South Miami last week. She was looking beautiful, even with minimal make-up and dressed casually.

Grammy Award-winning Elvis Crespo drank at Mango’s Tropical Café last week where he was said to be offering drinks to people around him.

Jackie Mason volunteered to attend a lunch at the Chabad House in Miami Beach last Wednesday after meeting with Chabad rabbinical students on Lincoln Road. Mason was sponsoring the food for the event where he spoke a bit, handed out autographs and took photos with fans.  

Grammy Award nominee, Estelle, performed at SET last week.

John Legend performed last week at his after party at Mansion. Soca recording artist Kevin Lyttle and Diddy-discovered Donnie Klang were among attendees.

Brooke Hogan and Glenn Douglas Packard were spotted last week filming the second season of Brooke Knows Best on South Beach.

 

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