Padma Lakshmi News

Bravo Media's “Top Chef” named its 11th season winner Nicholas Elmi this week.

Entertainment and lifestyle retailer HSN continues to re-energize its seasonal offerings with 'The Fashion Edit,' the company's annual spring fashion series

“Hollywood Game Night” will return to NBC on Monday, Jan. 20 with back-to- back episodes (8-10 p.m. ET/PT). The season kicks off with a heated battle of the sexes. Julie Bowen, Beth Behrs and Valerie Bertinelli will face off against Lester Holt, Jason Alexander and Martin Short in a series of hilarious games.

On New Year's Eve, NBC will help ring in the New Year with “A Toast to 2013!” a two hour primetime special airing Tuesday, December 31 at 8pm/7c, hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. “A Toast to 2013!” produced by NBC News, is a celebration of the year that was including the stories, stars, scandals and much more.

The SAG Awards® Holiday Auction benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's Children's Literacy and Emergency Assistance programs begins online today at 6 p.m. (PST)

More than 375 women -- leaders of industry, media, government, and the arts -- attended the Citymeals-on-Wheels 27th Annual 'Power Lunch for Women' at The Plaza Hotel on November 22, 2013. This by- invitation-only benefit, emceed by Katie Couric, is raised enough to provide more than 171,000 meals for New York's frail homebound aged. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out complete coverage below!

The iconic Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest awarded Glori Spriggs of Henderson, Nev. $1 million for her original recipe, Loaded Potato Pinwheels, late Monday evening. The grand prize winner was announced live from Las Vegas by contest host Padma Lakshmi. Tune in to "The Queen Latifah Show" on Thursday, November 14 to see Glori demonstrate her grand prize winning recipe.

GLEE star Lea Michele will guest on the special Halloween episode of Bravo's TOP CHEF on Wednesday, October 30th. Get a sneak peek of the holiday broadcast below!

LAByrinth Theater Company, the award-winning, downtown ensemble, will welcome a slew of high-profile stars for this year's signature annual benefit Celebrity Charades 2013: Disco Fever, which takes place tonight, Monday, October 28, 2013, at Capitale (130 Bowery).

Labyrinth Theater Company (Artistic Director, Mimi O'Donnell, and Managing Director, Danny Feldman), the award-winning, downtown ensemble, has announced its lineup of players for this year's signature annual benefit Celebrity Charades 2013: Disco Fever, which will take place on Monday, October 28, 2013, at Capitale (130 Bowery).

Calling up-and-coming filmmakers; film, communications and food studies students - and anyone hungry for a deeper understanding of the nation's food system. A new film competition seeking short films about sustainable food and farming - the Real Food Media Contest - opens for entries today at http://www.realfoodmedia.org.

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.