Padma Lakshmi opens up about the 'difficult decision' to leave TopChef after 17 years following 'much soul searching.'
, weighed in on the cold response from viewers."It wasn’t a secret that I wasn’t well received by the audience. I knew that it wasn’t working," she said, sharing that Cohen called her the day after the season 1 finale to tell her she had been let go.saddle? Cohen recalled it being a major priority, after the tumultuous first season, that they secure Lakshmi."There was a great disparity in terms of talent that first season. We had to fix that.
Lakshmi, for her part, admitted to having reservations about jumping into the franchise following an up-and-down debut."I’d watched the first season, so I got a sense of it. I was a little worried people would assume that Bravo was sticking another model on the show because of Heidi -- I’d written a cookbook and hosted another food show -- but I was just glad I got to say 'Please' before the 'Pack your knives and go,'" she said.
Those worries ended up being a moot point as Lakshmi, along with Colicchio and culinary expert/food writerThe flagship spawned a series of spinoffs, including "It's really nice to have such a long-standing show because your fans grow with you," Lakshmi told ET ahead of the 19th season in early 2022. Lakshmi was nominated for a Primetime Emmy four times -- in 2009, 2020, 2021 and 2022 -- for her hosting work onin the Outstanding Host for a Reality Competition Program category. In 2022, she won the Best Show Host award at the Critics' Choice Real TV Awards, which celebrates achievements in unscripted television.
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