Longtime “Most sensible Chef” host Padma Lakshmi introduced Friday that she’s leaving the hit Bravo display after 20 seasons.
“After a lot soul looking, I’ve made the tricky choice to depart Most sensible Chef,” Lakshmi wrote in a tweeted observation. “Having finished an excellent twentieth season as host and govt manufacturer, I’m extraordinarily proud to were a part of development one of these a success display and of the have an effect on it has had within the worlds of tv and meals.”
“I think it’s time to transport on and wish to make area for Style the Country, my books and different inventive interests,” she persevered. Her Hulu display, “Style the Country with Padma Lakshmi,” simply launched its 2d season.
Lakshmi’s stint webhosting “Most sensible Chef” earned her 4 Primetime Emmy nominations for Exceptional Host for a Fact or Fact-Festival Program. Closing yr, she received a Critic’s Selection Award for perfect display host.
“I’ve all the time roughly felt like an interloper in my existence. Both I wasn’t Indian sufficient or American sufficient, however I all the time had a deep love for meals,” Lakshmi, who immigrated from India to the U.S. when she used to be 4, wrote on Instagram after gathering the award. “It used to be this interest that led me during existence, however I got here to this profession later than maximum.”
“Most sensible Chef” pits a dozen or extra cooks in opposition to every different every season, with cooks eradicated over the process the display till a winner is topped. In 2010, the display received the Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Fact-Festival Program, finishing a seven-year successful streak for “The Wonderful Race.”