Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi is a NY Times Bestselling Author , Emmy Award-Nominated Host, and Executive Producer of Hulu's Taste the Nation.
Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated food expert, television host, producer, and a New York Times bestselling author. Lakshmi served as host and executive producer of Bravo’s 42-time Emmy-nominated series Top Chef, now in its 20th season. She is also the creator, host, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Hulu series Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi, which won a James Beard Award and received a Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Culinary Series. Lakshmi is co-founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) and serves as an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Artist Ambassador for immigrants' rights and women's rights. She was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and was awarded the Advocate of the Year Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA). In 2023, Padma was named one of TIME's Most Influential People.
Padma Lakshmi is an Emmy-nominated food expert, television host, producer, and a New York Times bestselling author. Lakshmi served as host and executive producer of Bravo’s 42-time Emmy-nominated series Top Chef, now in its 20th season. She is also the creator, host, and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Hulu series Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi, which won a James Beard Award and received a Critics Choice Real TV Award for Best Culinary Series. Lakshmi is co-founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America (EndoFound) and serves as an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Artist Ambassador for immigrants' rights and women's rights. She was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and was awarded the Advocate of the Year Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA). In 2023, Padma was named one of TIME's Most Influential People.
