Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi - Little Known Facts the Show's Hostess
September 28, 2007 by
Padma Lakshmi is not only the sultry host of season two and season three of Top Chef on Bravo, she is also a model, a cookbook author, and a movie star. Even if you are a fan of Top Chef there are some facts about Padma Lakshmi which may surprise and delight you.
Jewelry Designer?
Padma Lakshmi has a line of jewelry coming out, which includes bold cuffs, according to the October 2007 issues of Self magazine. She is quoted as saying, "There is something tribal and
powerful" about wearing the cuff bracelets.
Favorite Scents
She also likes to create her own fragrances. She told Self magazine that she mixes her own essential oils every morning. Some of her favorite scents include jasmine, mandarin, myrrh, and rose.
The Story Behind the Scar
The scar on Padma Lakshmi's arm is from surgery she had after a car accident when she was 14. She mentioned this on the season three special of TC, as it was a viewer question. Web searches about her scar are also popular.
She has included a piece of writing that she wrote about it for Vogue in 2001 on her web site. If you'd like to hear the whole story about the scar, and how she has come to terms with it, read her article here Almost Flawless.
Vegetables or Bacon?
Her favorite food is bacon, despite the fact that she was a vegetarian growing up.
Woman of Many Tongues
She is fluent in five languages.
Single?
Even hardcore fans of Bravo's Top Chef's may have not made the connection betweenn Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie. Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie, author of divorced in July of 2007. The couple was married in 2004 in Manhattan.
Lady Padma
Although it sounds like a character from Star Wars, this is Padma Lakshi's new title.
Because Salman Rushdie was knighted before he and Padma were divorced, she gets to keep the title of "Lady Padma," and her "ladyship.
Yes, She Can Cook!
One kind of wonders what this woman can't do. Her cookbook Easy Exotic won the International Versailles Prize for Best First Cookbook.
College Graduate
Clark University is nearby, yet I had no idea she attended the college until I read her biography page on her web site. She studied theater.
Enterprise Episode
Jewelry Designer?
Padma Lakshmi has a line of jewelry coming out, which includes bold cuffs, according to the October 2007 issues of Self magazine. She is quoted as saying, "There is something tribal and
Favorite Scents
She also likes to create her own fragrances. She told Self magazine that she mixes her own essential oils every morning. Some of her favorite scents include jasmine, mandarin, myrrh, and rose.
The Story Behind the Scar
The scar on Padma Lakshmi's arm is from surgery she had after a car accident when she was 14. She mentioned this on the season three special of TC, as it was a viewer question. Web searches about her scar are also popular.
She has included a piece of writing that she wrote about it for Vogue in 2001 on her web site. If you'd like to hear the whole story about the scar, and how she has come to terms with it, read her article here Almost Flawless.
Vegetables or Bacon?
Her favorite food is bacon, despite the fact that she was a vegetarian growing up.
Woman of Many Tongues
She is fluent in five languages.
Single?
Even hardcore fans of Bravo's Top Chef's may have not made the connection betweenn Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie. Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie, author of divorced in July of 2007. The couple was married in 2004 in Manhattan.
Lady Padma
Although it sounds like a character from Star Wars, this is Padma Lakshi's new title.
Because Salman Rushdie was knighted before he and Padma were divorced, she gets to keep the title of "Lady Padma," and her "ladyship.
Yes, She Can Cook!
One kind of wonders what this woman can't do. Her cookbook Easy Exotic won the International Versailles Prize for Best First Cookbook.
College Graduate
Clark University is nearby, yet I had no idea she attended the college until I read her biography page on her web site. She studied theater.
Enterprise Episode
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