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Topic: Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

Padma Lakshmi to host new cooking show

Joy Saha
Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Celeb chefs will be "Cooking for Kamala"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Tom Colicchio, Kristen Kish and Gail Simmons on "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

Kristen Kish is our "Top Chef" — again

Melanie McFarland
Kristen Kish as a judge on "Top Chef: Houston" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef" is back for season 21

Joy Saha
Padma Lakshmi in "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

What Padma doesn't miss about Top Chef

Michael La Corte
Kristen Kish as a judge on "Top Chef: Houston" (David Moir/Bravo)

"Top Chef" announces new host and city

Michael La Corte
Padma Lakshmi (Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

How Padma became the core of "Top Chef"

Michael La Corte
Tom Colicchio (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Colicchio: Top Chef's recipe for success

Joseph Neese
Taste the Nation (Hulu)

Hulu's political "Taste the Nation"

Ashlie D. Stevens
Brett Kavanaugh's Yale Yearbook Photo (Wikimedia)

Brett Kavanaugh and "youthful mistakes"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Padma Lakshmi (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

Padma Lakshmi goes after Trump

Brendan Gauthier
Padma Lakshmi (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

"Think of those girls"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Padma Lakshmi (Credit: People)

Padma on being abused

Scott Eric Kaufman
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