Top Chef

Padma Lakshmi — [Pullquote]

source: Gawker

the Top Chef host making a not-so-well-considered comparison to the molesty King of Pop, to Page Six: The Magazine coming out in Thursday's New York Post. Bonus pageview-driving picture of Padma doing her best Miley-Cyrus-in-Vanity Fair pose after the jump.

Published Tue, Dec 1

Quote du Jour: Padma Lakshmi On Her Back

source: SFist

The phenomenal Dino-Ray Ramos met with Glitter star Padma Lakshmi, who visited Neiman Marcus SF recently, to talk about her new line of jewelry. The Top Chef hostess reveals -- at least! -- what the most beautiful part of a woman's body is. Discussing her new line of back necklaces, she infor...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Top Chef : Ahab Finally Slays the Great White Whale [Recaps]

source: Gawker

Lamb or salmon, two garnishes and no room for excuses. Technical perfection is, after all, the point of all Bocuses.] Padma, clad in black and white, Sent the chefs to stew the night chew their cud and think what's right to cook in the the place where the episode ends.

Published Wed, Nov 18

The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock

source: gawker.com

There was also another great moment with Padma Lakshmi, though it must be unpacked (like a bag lunch) to get to all the layers of diss that it contains (the clip is below). Lakshmi hosts Top Chef on Bravo, which is owned by NBC. Top Chef's biggest sponsor is the "Glad family of products," a phras...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 11 [Top Chef]

source: Gawker

Hey, you know what else Wikipedia tells me? That tonight's guest judge, Nigella Lawson, "has been called the 'queen of food porn.'" This might help explain the allure of the preview clip I watched, in which Nigella and the Padma lounge in hotel beds wearing (only?) bathrobes, and call up ro...

Published Wed, Nov 11

A Letter To My Unborn Son In Padma's Tummy [Top Chef]

source: Gawker

By now you must have realized that at some point before she was your mother, your mother, Padma Lakshmi, was pregnant with you. You might as well know that I, Joshua David Stein, am your maybe father. And if, as too often it comes to pass, fathers speak not to sons and sons search in the apocrypha...

Published Wed, Oct 7

L.L. Bean, Brooklyn and Bells - The New York Times in 60 Seconds

source: Slashfood

Fried chicken goes international, from Creole to Korean kitchens.L.L. Bean heiress Linda L. Bean gets ready to mass market Maine lobsters and end Canadian lobster dependence.A look at "Top Chef" hostess Padma Lakshmi's Sunday routine.Jewish delis are suffering from waning popularity, an...

Published Tue, Oct 6

Top Chef 7 Open Casting Call, 10/18

source: SFist

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi as "Sylk" in Glitter. Although we find this season particularly listless -- for reasons we can't put our finger on, exactly -- Top Chef will return for another cycle of fast-paced cooking and egregious under-salting. And with that, Bravo will hold open casting c...

Published Mon, Oct 5