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

"Lakshmi is the creator, host, and executive producer of a new food competition show called America’s Culinary Cup on CBS, featuring the country’s most decorated chefs- set to air as part of the network’s 2025/26 slate. She is also the creator, host, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Hulu series Taste the Nation, which ran for two and a half seasons and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. Taste the Nation was also the recipient of four Critics Choice Real TV Awards, two Television Critics Association award nominations, a 2021 Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Series, and earned a nod from the Television Academy Honors which celebrates programs across numerous platforms and genres that raise awareness about complex issues facing society. In June 2022, “Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition” won a James Beard Foundation Award in the Visual Media - Long Form category."

"Lakshmi also served as host and executive producer of Bravo’s two-time Emmy-winning series Top Chef for 19 seasons. 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."

"Padma's latest book Padma's All American: A Cookbook, which chronicles her time on the road for Taste the Nation is now available for pre-order. In the fall of 2021, Padma released her first children’s book - The New York Times best-selling Tomatoes for Neela, as well as guest-edited The Best American Travel Writing 2021. Lakshmi is also the author of two cookbooks - Easy Exotic and Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet, The New York Times best-selling memoir Love, Loss and What We Ate, and The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs."

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