{"id":20876,"date":"2023-06-02T19:01:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/02\/padma-lakshmi-quitting-top-chef-after-17-years-following-difficult-soul-searching\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T19:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:01:44","slug":"padma-lakshmi-quitting-top-chef-after-17-years-following-difficult-soul-searching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/02\/padma-lakshmi-quitting-top-chef-after-17-years-following-difficult-soul-searching\/","title":{"rendered":"Padma Lakshmi quitting &apos;Top Chef&apos; after 17 years following &apos;difficult soul searching&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-06-02\" datetime=\"1685732504\" pubdate=\"\">2 June 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/padma-lakshmi\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,padma-lakshmi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Padma Lakshmi<\/a> is leaving \u2018Top Chef\u2019 after 19 seasons and 17 years on the cookery contest show. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Padma Lakshmi is leaving \u2018Top Chef\u2019 after 19 seasons and 17 years on the cookery contest show<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old TV personality, who has starred on the series since its 2006 second season, said her decision was \u201cdifficult\u201d but she feels it is time to leave. <\/p>\n<p>She said in a statement on Friday (02.06.23) posted on her Instagram Stories: \u201cAfter much soul searching, I have made the difficult decision to leave \u2018Top Chef\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving completed a glorious 20th season as host and executive producer, I am extremely proud to have been part of building such a successful show and of the impact it has had in the worlds of television and food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added she felt \u201cmany of the cast and crew\u201d of the show were \u201clike family\u201d and added she \u201cwill miss working alongside them dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nPadma \u2013 who has daughter Krishna Thea, 13, with businessman Adam Dell, 53, and who was married to controversial writer Salman Rushdie, 75, from 2004 to 2007 \u2013 also revealed she felt it was time to \u201cmake space for\u201d her Hulu show \u2018Taste the Nation\u2019, which tells of her travels around the cities of the US to learn about different foods and cultures. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe added she had \u201cother creative pursuits\u201d in the pipeline, before signing off the message: \u201cI am deeply thankful to all of you for so many years of love and support. Sincerely, Padma.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nHer replacement has not yet been named. <\/p>\n<p>\nNBCUniversal released a statement about her departure, saying she was the \u201cconsummate host, judge and executive producer\u201d who \u201cleaves behind an incredible legacy\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe company also said she had a \u201cseat at the judges\u2019 table anytime\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/padma-lakshmi-quitting-top-chef-after-17-years-following-difficult-soul-searching-1379805.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 June 2023 Padma Lakshmi is leaving \u2018Top Chef\u2019 after 19 seasons and 17 years on the cookery contest show. Padma Lakshmi is leaving \u2018Top Chef\u2019 after 19 seasons and 17 years on the cookery contest show The 52-year-old TV personality, who has starred on the series since its 2006 second season, said her decision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2090,2089,2088,2091],"class_list":{"0":"post-20876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-adam-dell","9":"tag-krishna-thea","10":"tag-padma-lakshmi","11":"tag-salman-rushdie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}