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Top Chef hit a little differently for its 17th and most recent season. Filmed entirely in 2019, it premiered mere days after the COVID-19 pandemic forced most of its audience to stay at home.

Hulu has handed out renewals to two of its recent summer debuts. Culinary travel series Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi and coming-of-age series Love, Victor will both be back for second seasons, the streaming service announced Friday during a virtual presentation promoting the platform's upcoming content.Taste the Nation, which debuted in June to critical acclaim, will return for a 10-episode second season at a date to be determined.

Love, Simon, the show featured cameos by the film's stars,  and.The first season told the story of Victor (), a new student at Creekwood High School, who goes on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city and exploring his sexual orientation.

Padma Lakshmi has been learning how to best coparent her 10-year-old daughter, Krishna, with Adam R. Dell.“I don’t know that there is a perfect balance,” the Top Chef host, 49, exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.

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.

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

Padma Lakshmi has been part of the professional food industry for more than two decades but had yet to see anything highlighting immigrants. So, she created it with Taste the Nation.“I’m always interested in the kind of food and yet, in mainstream media, we have not really had this kind of coverage,” Lakshmi, 49, tells Us Weekly in the latest issue.

Padma Lakshmi is doing everything she can to change how American food is defined. She’d like to also see some changes in the culinary world — and she can’t do it alone.“The professional food industry is one of the most male-dominated sectors of our society.

Kate Aurthur editorFive powerhouse forces in reality television assembled recently for Variety’s Virtual TV Festival.

Padma Lakshmi‘s unabashed love of food is clear in everything she eats in a day. While the Love, Loss, and What We Ate author does have a couple of staples in her diet, such as tea and apples with peanut butter, her eating regimen varies depending on whether or not she’s filming Top Chef.When she’s working on the Bravo show, for example, Lakshmi, 49, tries not to eat too much food.

, drew to a close in classic fashion, with the final three contestants laying it all on the line as they tried to impress the judges, including host Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, by cooking the best meal of their lives.

Padma Lakshmi is no stranger to speaking her mind. As the Emmy-nominated host of, Bravo’s reality food competition, which is now in its 17th season, she’s guided viewers through quick fires and elimination challenges all the while letting everyone know just what she thinks of the contestants’ various dishes.

What’s your family’s story of immigration?My mom was escaping an abusive marriage in India; she had a nursing degree, which was in high demand, so she came over on a professional visa and later became the head nurse of radiation therapy at Sloan Kettering. She came to the U.S.

Amid the civil unrest that has flared in the US cities after the death of George Floyd, Padma Lakshmi opened up about discussing the issue of racism with her 10-year-old daughter Krishna. Ever since Floyd died after police officer Derek Chauvin handcuffed him and kneeled on his neck rendering him unable to breathe, people have been openly protesting against racial injustice in large numbers.

Padma Lakshmi has watched in anger as some politicians denigrate immigrants. She’s been left seething as newcomers are discriminated against or targeted.

food knowledge is one of the most enriching ways I bonded with the women in my family,” said Lakshmi said in a statement.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAfter 20 years immersing herself in food culture, Padma Lakshmi still had a burning question without a clear answer: what even is “American food,” anyway? “We throw around a lot of platitudes like, ‘nothing’s as American as apple pie.’ Well, apple pie is not American,” laughs Lakshmi. “Not one ingredient in apple pie is indigenous to North America.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHulu is moving up the premieres of new series Love, Victor and Taste the Nation, originally slated for Friday, June 19. The Love, Simon offshoot will debut June 17; the new docu series Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi will be released on June 18.“This June 19 — Juneteenth — will mark 155 years since slavery was abolished in the United States,” Hulu said in a statement.

Padma Lakshmi is calling out beauty bands for promoting colourism by selling skin lightening products. Amid the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the world, paving way for discussions and debates about discriminating on the basis of skin colour, Lakshmi expressed frustration over these brands favouring fair complexion over dark complexion.

Padma Lakshmi is calling out a line of cosmetics that “did a number” on her self-esteem when she was a child.

Padma Lakshmi is taking issue with beauty ads that are directed a people of color, which emphasize that a fair complexion is lovely, but a darker is not.

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Let's get ready to Hulu! The streaming service has released its slate of arrivals for the month of June, and there are some promising Hulu originals, some great shows from other networks, and some classic movies coming online.

A Top Chef camping challenge has sent the contestants into a tizzy. In this exclusive clip from tonight's all-new Top Chef All Stars L.A., the remaining chefs are told that they'll be heading to camp for their latest challenge.

Padma Lakshmi has been cooking up a storm while in quarantine! The Top Chef host, 49, took to Instagram on May 5 to share a IGTV of herself whipping up a yummy looking lentil soup. “Just top with some lemon zest and a splash of olive oil and you’re set,” she captioned the clip, which was shared with her 737,000 followers.