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Padma Lakshmi Custody Battle: Top Chef Host Makes Peace With Baby Daddy
Padma Lakshmi has a new recipe for family life.
E! News has confirmed that the Top Chef host has settled her bitter custody battle with baby daddy Adam Dell after he filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court last year claiming she choked his visitation time with daughter Krishna, now 2 years old, and requesting full custody of her.
Did he get it?
Yee-Haw! Top Chef: Texas Winner Rides Off Into the $125,000 Sunset
It was last-supper time for Paul Qui and Sarah Grueneberg tonight on Top Chef: Texas.
The season nine finalists were tasked with the usual challenge: cook the best four-course meal of their careers for a panel of particular palates—and, like last season, restaurants full of people.
Paul and Sarah (and four sous chefs apiece) took over the kitchens of Vancouver restaurants Coast and Black & Blue, respectively, to get the job done. As tends to be the case, neither made huge mistakes...But only one was sitting particularly tall in the saddle by night's end.
Top Model's Angelea, You're Not Alone: Five Other Surprising Reality-TV Disqualifications
Last night was probably the most entertaining episode of this season's America's Next Top Model.
After Nigel Barkerannounced at the finale that Angelea Preston was disqualified from the competition, without any word as to what the girl from the 716 did to get booted, fans started sounding off about it possibly being due to the All-Star leaking the results on her Facebook page.
Well, until we find out for sure, let's reminisce about some other reality-TV characters who got themselves taken off the small screen...
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Top Chef's New Season: Celeb Guests Revealed!
Top Chef has seen its share of celebrity guests. There's been Adam Levine, Christina Hendricks, Natalie Portman and even Elmo.
The upcoming ninth season, Top Chef: Texas, continues the reality show's tradition of surprising contestants with a star-studded lineup. There's an Oscar-winner, a music icon and more.
Oh, and wait till you hear how many chefs are competing...
Top Chef Shakes Up Judging Panel—Is Emeril Really In?
To borrow the catchphrase of another reality show, one minute you're in and the next you're out.
That truth was brought home this morning, when Bravo announced some details for Top Chef's forthcoming ninth season, and, in welcoming two new judges to the fold, surreptitiously gave an old one the boot.
So who got the chop? And which superstar chefs are joining the panel? And where-oh-where will this season's cheftestants compete? Let's take these one at a time…
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Top Chef Master's Champ: "I Think I Deserved to Win"
Floyd Cardoz is feeling pretty darn good today.
The NYC-based executive chef outcooked fellow cheftestants Mary Sue Milliken and Traci Des Jardins, taking the top spot on last night's Top Chef Masters finale.
So does Cardoz think he deserved to take home the $110,000 in prizes? And would he ever do it again? Read on for our exclusive interview...
Padma Lakshmi: My Baby Is a Hustler!
Hottie alert!
Padma Lakshmi brought her smoldering self to Chelsea Lately Wednesday night.
The Top Chef host tells Chelsea Handler about her baby girl Krishna's charming wiles, explains what it's like to have your mom move back in and chats about Bravo's Padmathon.
Hit the clip for all the dishy dish.
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Top Chef Master: Judges Were Wrong, "Very Surprised" to be Sent Home
Top Chef Masters has finally been dwindled down to the last three standing.
Who was sent home last night and what's the cheftestant saying about it today?
Read on to find out...
Top Chef Masters: Gazing Into Padma Lakshmi's Eyes
Just when you think Top Chef Masters couldn't get more bizarre, along comes last night's elimination challenge.
Each cheftestant was paired with a real-life scientist to prepare foods that demonstrated various scientific principles. And to make it even more boring complicated, the chefs had too cook with beakers, test tubes and Bunsen burners.
No, Bill Nye the Science Guy was not a guest judge.
Keep reading to find out what the eliminated chef just told me about being sent home. Hint: No big tears were shed...
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Top Chef Masters: "I Felt Like I Was Choking"
Forget about last night's elimination challenge on Top Chef Masters.
The real culinary curveball was thrown at the seasoned chefs during the quickfire challenge. The cheftestants were not only blindfolded, but they also had to plug their noses and wear noise-cancelling headphones while trying to guess various foods and condiments using just one of the major senses.
While it may have made for good TV, it didn't go down too well with last night's eliminated chef...




