Full Name
Padma Lakshmi
Job Title
Author, Host and Executive Producer of Bravo’s "Top Chef"
Speaker Bio
Emmy-nominated Padma Lakshmi is internationally known as a food expert, Model, Actress and best-selling Author, as well as the recipient of the 2016 NECO Ellis Island Medal of Honor and Variety’s 2018 Karma Award. Lakshmi serves as host and an executive producer of Bravo’s Emmy Award-winning “Top Chef,” which is currently in its 16th season.
Lakshmi established herself as a food expert early in her career, having hosted two successful cooking shows and writing the best-selling “Easy Exotic,” which won the Best First Book Award at the 1999 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Lakshmi followed this success with the publication of her second cookbook, “Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet.” In 2016, she released her food memoir, The New York Times best-selling “Love, Loss, and What We Ate,” which also won Best Lifestyle, Body & Soul at the 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, followed by “The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs.”
In spring of 2018, Lakshmi collaborated with MAC Cosmetics for a worldwide capsule collection called #MACPadma.
Last year, Lakshmi became an ambassador for the ACLU, focusing on women’s reproductive health and immigration issues. She is also Co-Founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
Lakshmi established herself as a food expert early in her career, having hosted two successful cooking shows and writing the best-selling “Easy Exotic,” which won the Best First Book Award at the 1999 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Lakshmi followed this success with the publication of her second cookbook, “Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet.” In 2016, she released her food memoir, The New York Times best-selling “Love, Loss, and What We Ate,” which also won Best Lifestyle, Body & Soul at the 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, followed by “The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs.”
In spring of 2018, Lakshmi collaborated with MAC Cosmetics for a worldwide capsule collection called #MACPadma.
Last year, Lakshmi became an ambassador for the ACLU, focusing on women’s reproductive health and immigration issues. She is also Co-Founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
