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After 17 years arsenic big of Bravo’s Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi is leaving the popular cooking contention series. “After overmuch psyche searching, I person made the hard determination to permission Top Chef,” the Bravolebirty, 52, began successful a Friday, June 2 Instagram post. “Having completed a glorious 20th play arsenic big and enforcement producer, I americium highly arrogant to person been portion of gathering specified a palmy amusement and of the interaction it has had successful the worlds of tv and food.”
She continued, “After 17 years, galore of the formed and unit are similar household to maine and I volition miss moving alongside them dearly. I consciousness it’s clip to determination connected and request to marque abstraction for Taste the Nation, my books and different originative pursuits.”
Padma Lakshmi began hosting ‘Top Chef’ successful 2006 (Photo: David Moir / ©Bravo / Everett Collection)
“I americium profoundly thankful to each of you for truthful galore years of emotion and support,” Padma concluded.
Padma has been hosting Top Chef since 2006, erstwhile she took implicit up of its 2nd season. Chef Katie Lee hosted the show’s debut season. Padma’s awesome tally on Top Chef lasted 19 seasons implicit 17 years. Her clip connected the beloved Bravo series earned her 4 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Reality Host, with her past information being successful 2022.
Padma Lakshmi is departing arsenic the big of ‘Top Chef’ aft 19 seasons (Photo: David Moir / ©Bravo / Everett Collection)
Although she mentioned focusing connected different endeavors successful her departure announcement, Padma did not uncover if she has thing caller successful the works. She began hosting the Hulu bid Taste the Nation successful 2020 and she has released respective cookbooks implicit the years.
“Padma Lakshmi leaves down an unthinkable bequest connected Bravo’s Top Chef,” an NBCUniversal spokesperson told Entertainment Weekly successful a statement. “Her interaction connected the Emmy-, James Beard–, and Critics’ Choice Award–winning bid is undeniable. We are grateful to Padma for being a consummate host, judge, and enforcement producer, and for bringing her ingenuity and exceptional palate to each occurrence wherever she ate each wound of nutrient connected the bid for implicit 17 years and 19 seasons. She volition ever beryllium portion of the Top Chef and the NBCUniversal household and has a spot astatine the judges’ array anytime.”
Padma’s replacement has not been announced arsenic of this writing.
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