Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi is an Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer. Her debut cookbook Easy Exotic won her the "Best First Book" award at the 1999 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. In 2010, Top Chef won the Emmy Award for...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth1 September 1970
CityChennai, India
CountryIndia
An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.
The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?
Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
I don't look at ratings until somebody tells me.
Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.
I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.