Padma Lakshmi

October 26, 2009 at 1:57pm PST
Photos: Bravo

Bravo doesn't have Project Runway anymore, so it's about to be all Top Chef all the time. We love the regular show, and maybe even Top Chef: Masters. We're psyched about Fabio's upcoming show too.

Now it's introducing Top Chef: Just Desserts for pastry chefs. Sounds delicious.

October 3, 2009 at 9:42am PST
Photos: Weinstein Books

Padma Lakshmi's been whipping up something special outside of the Top Chef kitchens.

The 39-year-old model, cookbook author and television host is pregnant with her first child. This is especially exciting and unexpected because of her struggle with endometriosis, a condition which often leads to infertility.

Just to add some extra sizzle, there's no word yet on who the baby daddy is.

May 11, 2009 at 6:10am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi might have wanted to consider an undergarment before hitting the red carpet in a dress sure to make President Obama blush at this weekend’s White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington DC.

If you don’t believe us, click below for an uncensored look…

—Sasha Perl-Raver

February 10, 2009 at 9:57am PST
Photos: splashnewonline.com

WHOA!

Salman Rushdie arrived at last night’s premiere of The International in New York City with his new…eh, lady.

And she looks like a man, man.

Her name is Pia Glenn and she currently appears as Condoleezza Rice in Will Ferrell’s Broadway show You’re Welcome America:  A Final Night With George W. Bush!

He’s 61. She’s 32.

He’s 5’7. She’s 6’1.

He’s a man. And she might be one too.

Pia is a mayjah downgrade from Padma, his ex-wife of three years.

–Sasha Perl-Raver

January 23, 2009 at 12:06pm PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi was spotted at the New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns basketball game at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan with her new boyfriend, Ted Forstmann, on Wednesday.

This is the first public appearance Padma has made with a man on her arm since her divorce a year and a half ago from author Salman Rushdie.

Padma obviously likes her men…well…old.

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