Who should replace Padma Lakshmi on “Top Chef”? She has some suggestions, and shared them with cashleelee.
‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi immerses herself in immigrant and ethnic foods -- and communities -- for ‘Taste the Nation’Good or bad? I can count on one hand the times I’ve spit something out, because I feel horrible about it. I want to die because I know how much heart and soul they’ve put into it. It’s always been because an artichoke isn’t cleaned properly or chicken is raw in the middle.
I was at the “Never Have I Ever” party with literally 400 young Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi women, and it was the first time I had really been out in public since announcing, and it was overwhelming. I was tearing up. Women stopped me in the bathroom to say, “Thank you for teaching me everything I know about food.” Another woman said, “You’re the only brown woman I’ve ever seen for most of my childhood.
I know! Like 40% of the human race eats it every day. It’s because most of the fine-dining restaurants in North America are built on Western cuisine and French technique. That’s also what I’m purposefully highlighting in “Taste the Nation,” which was born out of all of my frustrations, hopes, loyalties, advocacies and political point of view. Food is emotional, with so much heritage and culture and family ties, but it’s also deeply connected to history, politics, economics and the environment.
In the early seasons of “Top Chef,” they wanted me to be very closed off and serious, and it pissed me off that people would say, “You’re so nice in person!” They don’t say that anymore, but “Top Chef” is so formatted, and because I’m also the host of the show, it’s my job to facilitate other people’s opinions, especially those of the guest judges and personalities, often at the expense of sharing my own.
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