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UNCOVERED: 4 | History Defined

5 potential replacements for Padma Lakshmi we’d like to see on Top Chef, including Action Bronson

Former Top Chef winners, like Melissa King or Kristen Kish, could be possible.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Top Chef fans are crushed Padma Lakshmi will no longer host

The host will leave the show after 20 seasons.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Padma Lakshmi leaving Top Chef after 17 years as host and producer

Lakshmi announced on Twitter that she will be leaving the hit cooking show ahead of its 21st season

The Guardian - US

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Padma Lakshmi announces she’s leaving Top Chef after 19 seasons: ‘Time to move on’

Author has been hosting the Bravo show since 2006

The Independent UK

Top Chef Host Padma Lakshmi Is Leaving The Show And Released A Statement Explaining Why

Padma Lakshmi, the longtime host of Top Chef, has announced her exit from the show, explaining her decision in a statement.

Cinemablend

Padma Lakshmi quits 'Top Chef' to focus on her books and other creative projects

The Times of India

Delta’s NBCU Olympic Sponsorship Takes Off With ‘Top Chef’ Paris Integration

Viewers get to see chefs cooking with Olympic, Paralympic athletes under the Eiffel Tower

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A clear-cut favorite on "Top Chef"

With the Paris finale in sight, one cheftestant has proven (again and again) that they might be unbeatable . . .

Salon

Top Chef producer talks thali challenge

Thi Nguyen discusses mourning the queen, why cooking rice is so darn hard and where she'd like the show to go next

Salon

Padma Lakshmi Rocked A Bikini For Sports Illustrated. It Came Decades Later Than She Anticipated

Padma Lakshmi rocked an underboob-baring bikini for SI. They waited until she was 52 to call her.

Cinemablend

"Top Chef" Restaurant Wars underwhelms

I'm not a fan of Restaurant Wars usually, and this entry is less compelling than usual

Salon

7 new shows and movies to watch this weekend on Netflix, HBO Max and Peacock (May 5-7)

Our guide on what to watch this weekend, including Queen Charlotte, The Other Two, Bupkis

Tom’s Guide

Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi Drops Underboob-Baring Bikini Pic After Clapping Back At Trolls: ‘I Have Nipples!’

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi sported an underboob-baring gold bikini after clapping back at haters, declaring, "I have nipples!"

Cinemablend

Padma Lakshmi Makes Her SI Swimsuit Debut

It’s one more accomplishment for the successful model and philanthropist.

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Salon

"Top Chef" soars with a "food rebel"

An outside-of-the-box challenge prioritizes aesthetics and handheld appeal — and a frontrunner emerges

Salon

"Top Chef" picnics at "Downton Abbey"

A somewhat lackluster episode gives us insight into one cheftestant's desire to compete — and win the prize money

Salon

Top Chef messes with our emotions

In a VRBO-sponsored cook in Kent, our cheftestants show the best of their celebratory meals for only 90 pounds

Salon

Top Chef: To the Victoire go the spoils

From a severe allergy to LOL-worthy confessions, the chef steals every scene in the British ingredients episode

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Top Chef Host Padma Lakshmi Had A Nude 'Bath Picnic' And, Yes, There Was Pasta Involved

Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi enjoyed some pasta while bathing, and we admire her ability to multitask.

Dynamite News

Padma Lakshmi becomes Kerala's first transgender advocate

Padma Lakshmi, a native of Edappally in Kochi, has scripted history by enrolling as the first advocate from the transgender community in the state of Kerala. read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

‘Candy bars in America are not proper chocolate’: Top Chef judge Gail Simmons on US v UK food

With the latest series heating up in London, the host talks about her love of British pies, why American cheese is ‘very extreme’ and her favourite chocolate bar of all time

Salon

Top Chef: Sugar, spice & everything rice

With a Ritz amuse bouche Quickfire & a rice-based Elimination challenge, some cheftestants step into the spotlight

The Guardian - UK

Padma Lakshmi: ‘Nobody wants to talk about their vagina. But I was so angry’

She is back on our screens with Top Chef, but there is much more to the former supermodel than her successful TV career. She discusses scars, sexual assault, endometriosis – and the healing power of food

Salon

"Top Chef": We see London, we see France

For its landmark 20th season, the widely adored food competition show returns with international culinary prowess

The Times of India

Here's Padma Lakshmi's desi way of preparing healthy Cabbage Poriyal

Cabbage poriyal is a popular side dish relished in several parts of the country, especially in South India. It is prepared using three major ingredients: cabbage, lentils and coconut.

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