Padma Lakshmi
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan is an Indian American author, activist, model, and television host. She has hosted the cooking competition program Top Chef on Bravo continuously since season 2. For her work, she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality Host in 2009.
Guest Appearances
September 23, 2021
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September 7, 2021
Need a palate cleanser? Have we got an episode for you. Padma Lakshmi joins Jonathan to discuss the key to a great grilled cheese, the ingredient that makes her chicken stock sublime, her new children’s book Tomatoes For Neela, and so much more.
Padma Lakshmi is the creator and host of Hulu’s Taste the Nation and host and executive producer of the Emmy-winning Bravo series Top Chef. She is the bestselling author of two cookbooks, the Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs, as well as her memoir Love, Loss, and What We Ate.
You can follow Padma on Instagram and Twitter @padmalakshmi. Tomatoes For Neela is out now.
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June 21, 2021
Samantha Bee sits down with Padma Lakshmi to discuss the lasting impact of the pandemic on the restaurant industry, how to look at the immigrant experience through food, why everyone should spend at least a year of their life working in the service industry, and how to run a show with “Big Uterus Energy.”