Padma Lakshmi, cookbook author, actress, model, and host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two is a guest on LNWJF tonight.
3 Things You Did Not Know About Padma Lakshmi (unless you read her Wikipedia page)
1. Lakshmi's career began at age 16, when she was discovered by a modeling agent in Spain while sitting in a cafe. As she has stated, "I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I'm the first one to admit that I was a novelty."
2. Lakshmi had a comical supporting role as the lip synching disco singer Sylk in the 2001 American movie Glitter with Mariah Carey.
3. In 2009, Padma starred in the EELS video for the song 'That Look You Give That Guy', playing the love interest of Mark Oliver Everett.
