Top Chef

PADMA LAKSHMI: A RARE COMBINATION OF EXPERTISE

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is unusual because she started out as a model and ended up a food expert. Actually, that probably makes her everyman’s dream girl. She’s written several books about food and her Emmy winning reality series Top Chef has been on the air since 2005. Padma’s lookalike daughter Krishna Lakshmi Dell, 7, was the center of a custody battle with Padma’s ex-boyfriend venture capitalist Adam Dell. Agreements were finally reached and now Padma and Adam are friends again – maybe more.

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PADMA LAKSHMI AND HER LUCKY LITTLE GIRL

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“Top Chef” star Padma Lakshmi and her adorable little girl Krishna,4, took a stroll in New York, and they both have the same summer fashion sense. Krishna’s daddy is Adam Dell from the Dell computer family and the lucky kid also has a trust fund left to her by her mom ‘s late boyfriend, billionaire Teddy Forstmann. So Krishna is not only pretty, but she’s rich, and seems to be quite happy and well behaved.

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PADMA LAKSHMI AND HER WEALTHY LITTLE GIRL

Former model and Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has a beautiful little daughter, Krishna Lakshmi-Dell. Her father is wealthy venture capitalist Adam Dell, who Is involved in the child’s life. Padma also dated the late billionaire Teddy Forstmann who left a hefty trust fund to Padma’s daughter. So little Krishna will probably never have to worry about money…

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TOP CHEF HOST PADMA LAKSHMI LIKES IT HER WAY

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Having Top Chef television personality and sometime vegetarian Padma Lakshmi visit their tiny mall carry-out restaurant The Veggie Grill in LA, proved to be both a blessing and a curse for the chef. Padma, who has written several cookbooks, selected the “All Hail Kale Salad” at $8.45 from the menu, but she wanted it prepared exactly to her specification. She wanted fresh kale, not marinated kale, cabbage, fresh corn, but no corn salsa and no tomatoes, extra walnuts, and the LA mantra “dressing on the side.” The chef aimed to please – he labored to fulfill her every desire and other customers had to wait longer for their orders, but no one cared because they were all thrilled to see the glamorous former model. And yes, she thanked them profusely.