Flay doesn't spend much time in the kitchen any more, but chances are one of his half-dozen television shows is probably on the Food Network right now.

Drake is the founder of Drake Design Associates. His most famous client? Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

A former model and the ex-wife of hip hop godfather Russell Simmons, Kimora is the creative director of the Baby Phat clothing line and a diva of the highest order.

Fashion designer, reality TV host, and one-man brand, Oldham is the non-threatening gay man middle-aged ladies love to love.

Supremely well-connected Rosenthal runs the movie production company Tribeca Productions, which she co-founded with Robert De Niro. She's also a co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, and the wife of Craig Hatkoff.

One of the city's most prominent restaurateurs, Steve Hanson is the chief of B.R. Guest and the owner of 16 restaurants including Blue Water Grill, Atlantic Grill, Ruby Foo's and Dos Caminos. As of 2007, his partner in B.R. Guest is Barry Sternlicht.

A rakish restaurateur and budding real estate tycoon, Cipriani manages a handful of restaurants, hotels and condos in town. He's also on probation for tax fraud.

Talese is the head of Nan A. Talese, a literary imprint under the Knopf Doubleday umbrella. As the publisher of James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, she was memorably slapped (metaphorically, of course) by Oprah on live TV. Her husband is Gay Talese.

The mastermind behind Fox News, Ailes is the Rupert Murdoch crony who is chairman and president of Fox News, Fox Business Channel, and Fox Television Stations, the company's network of three dozen owned-and-operated stations.

One of the most prominent playwrights working today, McNally is known for both mainstream hits like Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and for spotlighting gay issues in works like Love! Valour! Compassion!.

Talese is an author and one of the pioneers of "New Journalism," a style of reporting with a literary flourish that emerged in the 1960s. Talese is known for his ability to interview and profile intensely guarded public figures, such as Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio.

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One of the most acclaimed chefs in America, Ripert is the chef of world renowned, four-star French seafood restaurant, Le Bernardin.

With partner David Hershkovits, Hastreiter is the co-publisher and co-editor of the painfully hip magazine Paper.

Along with partner Kim Hastreiter, Hershkovits is a founder and publisher of downtown arts and culture magazine Paper, which is required reading for hipsters everywhere.

McNally is the man behind a collection of perennially fashionable-and perennially mobbed-restaurants including Balthazar, Pastis, Schiller's, and Minetta Tavern.

One of the city's preeminent media investors, Rattner is founder and managing principal of private equity firm the Quadrangle Group as well as a major Democratic fundraiser.

Pelaccio is the boy-wonder chef behind Fatty Crab as well as an ever-expanding galaxy of trendy restaurants in New York and beyond.

A former diamond trader, Barnett heads Extell Development Corporation, one of the city's most active real estate development firms.

Restaurant industry legend Stillman is the founder of T.G.I. Friday's and Smith & Wollensky. In 2007, he sold his publicly-traded dining empire to Nick Valenti and Joachim Splichal of the Patina Restaurant Group.