Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated producer, TV host, food expert, and New York Times best-selling author. She created and hosts Hulu’s acclaimed series Taste the Nation, which won several awards including a 2022 James Beard Foundation Award. Lakshmi also hosts and executive produces Bravo's Top Chef, a two-time Emmy-winning series. In 2021, she released her first children's book, Tomatoes for Neela, and guest-edited The Best American Travel Writing 2021. Her other works include cookbooks and the memoir Love, Loss and What We Ate.
Indian-American author, model, activist, and TV host since 1997.
Hosted Top Chef from 2006 to 2023 on Bravo.
Creator, host, executive producer of Taste the Nation series.
First Indian model in Paris, Milan, New York fashion scenes.
Modeled for designers: Armani, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Alberta Ferretti.
Guest roles in Star Trek: Enterprise and Bollywood film Boom.
Authored cookbooks, memoir, encyclopedia, and a children's book.
Released first children's book Tomatoes for Neela in 2021.
Speaks five languages: Tamil, Hindi, English, Spanish, Italian.
Guest edited The Best American Travel Writing 2021 anthology.
Primetime Emmy nominations: Outstanding Reality Host (2009, 2020-2022).
Critics' Choice Awards winner for Top Chef in 2020.
Taste the Nation received Gotham Award, Critics' Choice Award.
Listed among Time's 100 most influential people in 2023.
James Beard Award for *Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition* (2022).
Honored by Carnegie Corporation's Great Immigrant Award in 2022.
Advocate of the Year Award by United Nations Correspondents Association (2021).
Appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador in March 2019.
Honored at ACLU's Sing Out For Freedom concert in 2022.
Easy Exotic (1999), won Best First Book at Gourmand Awards.
Tomatoes for Neela* (2021), NYT best-seller children's book.
Co-founded Endometriosis Foundation of America for awareness, research, advocacy.
ACLU Ambassador for immigration and women's rights advocacy.
Advocate for immigrant rights, independent restaurants, and women's rights.
Critic of skin-lightening creams, speaks against colorism in media.
Shines spotlight on global inequality as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador.
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