Padma Lakshmi
Yummy Links: From Padma's Baby to Spanish Ham
- Padma Lakshmi's unborn baby will have an Indian name. — Eater
- Learn how to make a veggie stir-fry. — Chow
- How delicious does almond butterscotch toffee sound?
Guess Who?
Last Saturday Padma, Gail, and the chef pictured below left spoke on a panel at the 9th Annual New York Times Arts and Leisure weekend. Can you guess who it was?
Top Chef Vegas: Episode 14
The sixth season of Top Chef has come to a close. The final showdown that took place in Napa, CA, was between brothers Michael and Bryan Voltaggio and the gnome-like bearded Kevin. The trio cooked for their lives, and only one of them walked away with the title.
Top Chef Quiz: Season Finale Part 1
The end of season six is very near, and in one week, the judges will crown a new Top Chef. On last night's episode the final four were put to the test in Napa, where they had to create dishes using grapes and local in-season ingredients. Mr. NapaStyle, Michael Chiarello, was the guest judge.
Top Chef Quiz: Culinary Olympics
Things took a serious turn on the most recent episode of Top Chef. The cheftestants had to cook serious food for some serious chefs. Thomas Keller appeared, the Voltaggio brothers struggled, and Kevin experimented with the culinary technique known as sous vide.
Top Chef Vegas: Episode 12
It was down to five cheftestants on last night's episode of Top Chef. The final Las Vegas challenge — the next two shows take place in Napa, California — highlighted the Bocuse d'Or, the world's most prestigious classical cooking competition. A plethora of big name chefs including Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud, guest judged.
Yummy Links: From Michael Symon to Padma Lakshmi
- Q&A with Iron Chef and recent cookbook author Michael Symon. — Serious Eats
- Five ways to enjoy avocado any time of day. — The Epi-Log
- The Food Network UK has launched and has high hopes of expanding.
Top Chef Vegas: Episode 8
Did you catch the latest episode of Top Chef? We had Pilates, pairings, and Charlie Palmer, the guest judge. Did anyone else wonder how come Bravo couldn't find a judge who didn't know the V Bros?
Top Chef Quiz: Dinner Party
On last night's episode of Top Chef the cheftestants host a dinner party and are forced to cook in the house's small kitchen. Tyler Florence is the guest judge, Padma runs around in a green silk jumper, and we learn that Michael Voltaggio has two children. Were you watching?
Top Chef Vegas: Episode Six
After roughing it while camping last week, this time around we saw the cheftestants get magical. Again. Oh wait, I'm confusing this challenge with one we saw on Top Chef Masters!
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