Why It Was So Important for Padma Lakshmi to Highlight Immigrants in ‘Taste the Nation’

Padma Lakshmi, 49, has revealed the just how many calories she can consume in a single day while filming Top Chef. The TV personality opened up in a new interview with Women’s Health, revealing she eats anywhere from 7000 to 8000 calories per day while serving as the host and executive producer on the reality cooking show.

Padma Lakshmi‘s calorie intake spikes well over the recommended 2,000 whenever she hosts Top Chef because she’s consuming some of the most decadent dishes.The Top Chef host, 49, explained in an interview with Women’s Health on Tuesday, July 14, that she eats anywhere between 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day while sampling more than 30 dishes per episode.“Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can,” Lakshmi said.However, when the cameras aren’t

Padma Lakshmi revealed that she eats anywhere from 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day while filming “Top Chef." The caloric intake comes from the TV personality's job of sampling more than 30 dishes each episode, she revealed in a new interview with Women’s Health. “Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can," Lakshmi, 49, told the outlet.

, the 49-year-old chef and TV personality, who serves as the host and executive producer on the cooking competition series, reveals that she samples and judges more than 30 dishes per episode, eating around 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day. “Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can," she says of the contestants on. Lakshmi balances the excessive calories from the show with a regular exercise routine, telling the magazine that she works out

Padma Lakshmi, 49, is opening up about her exercise and diet regimens that help keep her looking toned in the summer outfits and bikinis she often wears. The author and actress revealed she works out at least five days a week, 90 minutes a day, and eats healthy food that requires a lot of fun cooking, in a new interview to Women’s Health. She also went into depth about how quarantine has affected her regular day-to-day efforts to keep strong and feeling great.

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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAs TV’s flagship reality shows grow up and evolve — and, in many cases, face down the production changes imposed by COVID — their hosts do, too.

Padma Lakshmi has been a fixture in the food world for years, thanks in large part to her role as the host of Bravo’s Top Chef, and now stars are sharing what they love about the culinary queen by recalling some of their favorite memories with her.For Modern Family alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who has a passion for food and even runs his own food blog with pal Julie Tanous, 49-year-old Lakshmi’s ability to make people feel comfortable in the kitchen is part of what makes her so lovable.“Padma and

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Audrey Cleo Yap Padma Lakshmi has played host to more than a few good meals as she fronts Bravo’s “Top Chef,” and executive produces and hosts Hulu’s “Taste the Nation.” But right now, she is mourning the loss of director Joel Schumacher.