Padma Lakshmi News

Bravo Media's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series, TOP CHEF, is back and heads to New Orleans for season 11 tonight, October 2 at 10PM ET/PT.

Bravo Media has cooked up dynamic sponsorships with Toyota, Kraft Foods, Chase Sapphire Preferred and Cigna for the eleventh season of Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series 'Top Chef,' premiering Wednesday, October 2 at 10p.m. ET/PT. These deals represent partnerships across linear, digital, and social platforms, marking the most robust group of online and in-show integration presence in Bravo's history. The announcement was made by Jamie Cutburth, VP of Partnership Marketing, Bravo Media.

Television's biggest night took place in Century Park, CA this Saturday, September 21 st, where the entertainment industry came together for the seventh annual 'Evening Before' party, benefitting the MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund).

All of the winners have been announced, the celebrating is over and now its time to get to business: the best dressed women of The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards! Let's be real, a lot of people tune in to just see the pretty dresses. Last night's red carpet was no exception!

The stars have aligned for New Orleans and Bravo's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series TOP CHEF as it prepares to launch season 11 of the culinary competition series

Girl Be Heard's (www.girlbeheard.org)Co-Founder and Executive Director Jessica Greer Morris, is a recipient of SELF Magazine's 2013 Women Doing Good Award which will also recognize Shakira, Padma Lakshmi, Scandal's Katie Lowes at Apella, 450 East 29th Street, in New York City, hosted by The Today's Show's Hoda Kotb.

Bravo Media's Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series, TOP CHEF, is back and heads to New Orleans for season 11 on Wednesday, October 2 at 10PM ET/PT.

Bravo Media kicks off its fourth-annual 'Summer by Bravo,' multi-platform promotional campaign celebrating the network's pop culture brand and its upcoming original programming. This year's innovative promo features over 30 Bravolebrities, who, after finding themselves stranded on a deserted island, use each of their talents to turn it into paradise - Bravo style - all set to 'Fall Down,' the new will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus's song. There will be five additional spots that will roll out over the course of the summer.

Some of today's hottest emerging and seasoned talent in film, television, fashion and music came together at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, CA on April 13 for the 'Logo NewNowNext Awards 2013.'

Bravo Media's 'Top Chef' crowned its 10th winner, and the franchise's second female winner ever, Kristen Kish, with the highest-rated episode of the season among all key demos on Wednesday with over 1.85 million live same day total viewers, up 7 percent from the prior week (2/20/13), according to Nielsen. The episode earned over 1.17 million adults 25-54 and over 1 million adults 18-49, up 3 percent and 5 percent from last week, respectively.

The kitchen heated up on last night's TOP CHEF: SEATTLE as the two remaining competitors, Kristen Kish and Brooke Williamson battled it out to win the title.

Bravo Media will have you fall back and spring ahead as the network moves into March with compelling finales, dramatic reunions and premieres of new and returning docu-series.

Bravo Media's 'Top Chef' kicked off the two-part finale with the highest-rated episode of the season-to-date among all key demos on Wednesday with over 1.7 million total viewers, up 14 percent compared to the prior week (2/13/13), according to Nielsen. The episode earned over 1.1 million adults 25-54 and 970,000 adults 18-49, up 20 percent and 19 percent, respectively.

Emmy-nominated television host of Bravo's Top Chef and award-winning author, Padma Lakshmi,and world-renowned endometriosis surgeon, Tamer Seckin, MD, are set to host the Fifth Annual Blossom Ball to benefit the Endometriosis Foundation of America (EFA). Now beginning their milestone fifth year with the foundation, they share a continued goal of raising disease awareness and generating funding for research. The gala will be held on Monday, March 11, 2013, at Capitale in New York City located at 130 Bowery.

Deadline reports that the Bravo network has renewed its popular Emmy Award-winning series TOP CHEF, for an 11th season

Joanna Mastroianni launched her signature collection with a fashion forward vision of the modern women. An American designer, her career started at the age of ten, creating dress ensembles for her Barbie dolls and marketing them to neighborhood girlfriends. While still a student at F.I.T, Joanna's vision and passion for beautiful fashion raised the attention of Henry Bendel, giving her a first order. So you could say Joanna went from Barbie to Bendel….

'I did not deserve to go home,' says TOP CHEF contestant Stefan upon being eliminated from last night's show. The chef and owner of Stefan's Restaurants believes he was judged a bit harder than the other chefs throughout the season. Check out the exit interview below!

Both Christian Siriano and Padma Lakshmi are coming to HSN! On Feb. 22, Siriano will debut Striking by Christian Siriano, a capsule line, on HSN priced from $79.90 to $169.90. While Lakshmi, known on HSN in a culinary capacity, is branching into jewelry under the PL by Padma Lakshmi brand. Priced from $16 to $90, the pieces will launch on the network on March 22.