Padma Lakshmi News

Lo was awarded the coveted title of “Top Chef,” along with $250,000 furnished by S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, a feature in FOOD & WINE magazine and an appearance at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. “Top Chef” Season 19 took place in Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city, before moving to Tucson, AZ, for the two-part finale.

The Emmy and James Beard Award-Winning series, produced by Magical Elves, returns with host Padma Lakshmi, head judge Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. Expect the unexpected as 15 talented chefs from across the country vie for the coveted title bringing their unique skillsets, variety of cuisines and gamut of flavors. Watch the new trailer now!

Selena + Chef is back with more chefs from around the world, more great recipes, more friends and family around the table and more surprises that are taking the joy in learning to cook to the next level. Watch a new highlight reel of Selena Gomez's hit series now!

Hudson River Park Friends returned home to the Hudson River Park to celebrate all that the four-mile-long oasis has provided to millions of New Yorkers over the past year and a half.   Friends held its 2021 Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers and raised $2.5 million to support the Park's operations, horticulture, maintenance and public programming and an innovative science playground at Pier 26.

Selena + Chef is back with more chefs from around the world, more great recipes, more friends and family around the table and more surprises that are taking the joy in learning to cook to the next level. This season also embraces fun (Covid-safe) group recipes for game nights, brunches, birthdays, holidays and more.

Kalamata’s Kitchen, the platform that teaches children about cultures through the lens of food, releases their children’s book Kalamata’s Kitchen [Random House Books for Young Readers, July 20, 2021].

This morning, Hamilton star Jasmine Cephas Jones and Ron Cephas Jones announced the 2021 Primetime Emmy Nominations, which included 12 nominations for the Disney Plus recording of Hamilton in addition to nomination for Broadway veterans like Billy Porter, Cynthia Erivo, Julie Andrews, the Lopezes and so many more.

DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, announced today the inaugural edition of its Spring Showcase. The four-week online Showcase will offer audiences an opportunity to catch some of the year’s most talked about nonfiction episodic series and films, paired with exclusive conversations featuring the creative teams behind them.

Gold House, the premier nonprofit collective of Asian & Pacific Islander cultural leaders, debuts a suite of ventures on representation, economic, and individual empowerment amidst record-high attacks against the API community during Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Hulu has announced Sasquatch, a three-part documentary series from Duplass Brothers Productions and Director Joshua Rofé, which investigates rumors of a bizarre twenty-five year old triple homicide said to be the work of a mythical creature, will launch exclusively as a Hulu Documentary this Spring.

Hulu announced today The D’Amelio Show, a new eight-episode docuseries following the reigning family of social media, the D’Amelios.

NBC and the Radio City Rockettes are bringing the holiday cheer with the “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes – At Home Holiday Special” airing Wednesday, Dec. 2 (10-11 p.m. ET/PT) following the telecast of NBC’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center.”

Celebrity Chef Geoffrey Zakarian announced today that he will produce and host a one-hour Thanksgiving television special this coming Wednesday, November 25, 2020, to raise money for City Harvest and No Kid Hungry.

The Moth's gala, LIFT OFF: STORIES OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND will be taking place tonight November 17th at 7:30 PM EST. This one-night-only virtual celebration will honor Emmy-nominated food expert and beloved Moth storyteller Padma Lakshmi.

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced participants wearing purple or going purple online today for Spirit Day in a united stand against bullying and show of support for LGBTQ youth.

Last night, the fifth night of the Creative Art Emmys wrapped up this year's virtual ceremony.

Today, during the Hulu Press Tour, Hulu presented the company's lineup of upcoming original programming including semi-animated comedy series Woke starring Lamorne Morris; No Man's Land, the dramatic tale of the Syrian civil war; and the second season of Pen15, a middle school comedy set in the early 2000s starring Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine. The three Hulu Originals showcased today will join the company's growing slate of premium Original content, following a successful year of back-to-back new hits such as Little Fires Everywhere, Palm Springs, Solar Opposites, The Great, Normal People and more.