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About Padma

Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated producer, television host, food expert, and aNew York Times best-selling author.

She is the creator, host, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Hulu seriesTaste the Nation, which currently has two seasons available to stream.Taste the Nation is the recipient of a 2021 Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Culinary Series, a 2021 Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Series, and 2022 Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Show Host. In June 2022, Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition won a James Beard Foundation Award in the Visual Media - Long Form category.

Lakshmi also serves as host and executive producer of Bravo’s two-time Emmy-winning seriesTop Chef, now in its 20th season.Top Chef has been nominated for 42 Emmys, including her four-time nomination as Outstanding Host for A Reality-Competition Program. In 2022, she accepted two Critics Choice Real TV Awards for Best Culinary Show and Best Competition Series on behalf of Top Chef as well as an award for Best Show Host.

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In the fall of 2021, Padma released her first children’s book -The New York Times best-sellingTomatoes for Neela, as well as guest-editedThe Best American Travel Writing 2021. Lakshmi is also the author of two cookbooks -Easy Exotic andTangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet,The New York Times best-selling memoirLove, Loss and What We Ate, andThe Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs.

“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?”
– Padma Lakshmi

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Tomatoes for Neela

“Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of cooking with the women in my family. It is the foundation for all I have spent my life working on.”
– Padma Lakshmi

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