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Louisiana taps into BP oil spill money to bring 'Top Chef' to New Orleans

Bravo's cooking elimination show "Top Chef" is headed to the Big Easy for its eleventh season – but having Tom, Padma and their team of cooking connoisseurs come to town doesn't come cheap.As first reported by The Times-Picayune and confirmed by FOX411's Pop Tarts column, a total of $375,000 will be issued by Louisiana and the city of New Orleans tourism offices to sponsor the local "Top Chef: New Orleans" showdown – the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation will dish out $175,000 while the Louisiana Office of Tourism will make a $200,000 contribution.The state tourism office's $200,000 "Top Chef" handout will not come from taxpayer dollars, but rather a recovery fund established by BP following the devastating Deepwater Horizon disaster, which gushed for 87 days until it was capped in July 2010."Our job is to get tourism through Louisiana and we recognize that lots of that starts through New Orleans," Jaque Berry, Communications Director Office of Lieutenant Governor, who represen...

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  1. A summary of May 10 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 10, Day 21 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd...

  2. A summary of May 14 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 14, Day 25 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd...

  3. A summary of May 6 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 6, Day 17 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd....

  4. A summary of May 11 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 11, Day 22 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd...

  5. 2 BP workers indicted on manslaughter counts in Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Two men who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators, according to i...

  6. Isaac could test Gulf defenses originally built to stop oil from 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill

    Sand dunes and a rock barrier built to help contain the 2010 Gulf oil spill are being watched for their effectiveness in shielding this fragile coastline from Isaac....

  7. Worker: Rig was bustling before BP well blowout

    A worker who survived the deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon testified Wednesday that a flurry of activity on the drilling rig hindered his ability to monitor...

  8. BP manager didn't see 'high risk' in drilling

    BP's head of drilling engineering for the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster testified he didn't believe deepwater drilling was a "high-ris...

  9. 1st witness testifies in Gulf oil spill trial

    BP failed to implement a new safety plan on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig even though the company realized a blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was its gre...

  10. BP calls 1st witness at trial over Gulf spill

    BP's first witness at a trial over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster testified Monday that he believes the company safely drilled its Macondo well in the Gulf of...

  11. Deadly Bacteria Lurk in Deepwater Horizon Tar Balls

    Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster gushed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls from the spill still turn up on Alabama's ...

  12. Rig used with BP's Gulf well before Deepwater Horizon takes on water off Africa; No injuries

    The owner of the rig that sank in the massive Gulf oil spill last summer was having problems Wednesday with another one of its deepwater drillers — this time off the...

  1. BP ready for trial in Deepwater Horizon case

    BP says it has failed to reach a settlement in advance of next week's civil trial on the Deepwater Horizon accident and is ready to defend itself vigorously against ...

  2. APNewsBreak: Suit challenges first offshore lease sale since Deepwater Horizon spill

    Environmental groups challenged the first attempted auction of offshore petroleum leases in the western Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, ...

  3. Owner of broken Deepwater Horizon rig criticizes Obama's ban on deepwater drilling

    LONDON (AP) — The owner of the broken Deepwater Horizon rig that is spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico has criticized the U.S. government's six-month ban on deep-wa...

  4. Deepwater Horizon rig owner slams Obama's 6-month ban on deepwater drilling in Gulf of Mexico

    LONDON (AP) — Deepwater Horizon rig owner slams Obama's 6-month ban on deepwater drilling in Gulf of Mexico .

  5. A summary of May 13 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 13, Day 24 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd...

  6. A summary of May 7 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 7, Day 18 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd....

  7. A summary of May 19 events related to the vast oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon

    Events May 19, Day 30 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon , owned by Transocean Ltd. a...

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