Why new 'Top Chef' host Kristen Kish didn't call Padma Lakshmi for advice

Kristen Kish, a 'Top Chef' winner, on Wednesday makes her debut as host of the hit Bravo culinary competition show, a role she hadn't considered before it was offered to her.

Kristen Kish was going through airport security in Dubai when the call came in that provoked the sort of clock-ticking, accelerated-heart-rate feeling the former 'Top Chef' winner was familiar with during all those Quickfire challenges. Like most fans of Bravo's cooking competition, Kish was stunned to learn last June that Padma Lakshmi was stepping down as host of Bravo's 'Top Chef' after 19 seasons. 'I couldn't believe it,' Kish said.

She can't tell me how to do her job because she knew how to do her job in the way that worked for her. I have to do it in a way that it is me. What she did offer me was complete support — call, text, write, snail mail, whatever; if I need her, she will be available.

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