Padma Lakshmi Says She Ate Upwards of 7,000 Calories a Day While Hosting 'Top Chef'

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Padma Lakshmi, 49, has revealed the just how many calories she can consume in a single day while filming Top Chef. The TV personality opened up in a new interview with Women’s Health, revealing she eats anywhere from 7000 to 8000 calories per day while serving as the host and executive producer on the reality cooking show.

Padma Lakshmi‘s calorie intake spikes well over the recommended 2,000 whenever she hosts Top Chef because she’s consuming some of the most decadent dishes.The Top Chef host, 49, explained in an interview with Women’s Health on Tuesday, July 14, that she eats anywhere between 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day while sampling more than 30 dishes per episode.“Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can,” Lakshmi said.However, when the cameras aren’t rolling the Love, Loss and What We Ate author makes her health a top priority.

Padma Lakshmi revealed that she eats anywhere from 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day while filming “Top Chef." The caloric intake comes from the TV personality's job of sampling more than 30 dishes each episode, she revealed in a new interview with Women’s Health. “Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can," Lakshmi, 49, told the outlet.

Padma Lakshmi, 49, is opening up about her exercise and diet regimens that help keep her looking toned in the summer outfits and bikinis she often wears. The author and actress revealed she works out at least five days a week, 90 minutes a day, and eats healthy food that requires a lot of fun cooking, in a new interview to Women’s Health. She also went into depth about how quarantine has affected her regular day-to-day efforts to keep strong and feeling great.

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Padma Lakshmi has been cooking up a storm while in quarantine! The Top Chef host, 49, took to Instagram on May 5 to share a IGTV of herself whipping up a yummy looking lentil soup. “Just top with some lemon zest and a splash of olive oil and you’re set,” she captioned the clip, which was shared with her 737,000 followers. In the video, the brunette beauty rocked a white sleeveless blouse and cute daisy duke denim shorts as she walked her viewers through each step of the process. It seems fans are loving Padma’s cooking content, with one follower commenting, “I save all these videos! So helpful! Thanks so much for sharing!!!”

When Padma Lakshmi learned that her 10-year-old daughter Krishna wouldn’t be returning to school until September, the Top Chef host had a hilarious reaction. The 49-year-old shared an Instagram video on May 1, teaching her followers have to make a margarita, and captioned the clip, “Just found out #littlehands won’t be going back to school until September.” In the tutorial, the mom-of-one made the cocktail with cucumbers, lime, agave syrup, sparkling water and tequila. After taking a sip of the finished beverage, the TV personality told viewers that the drink might need a “little more tequila,” adding, “Now, you don’t want to get too drunk, so drink responsibly.”

Padma Lakshmi's 10-year-old daughter is driving her to drink.

Padma Lakshmi turned to alcohol on Friday after learning that her daughter will not be returning to school until the fall. The "Top Chef" host has been sharing plenty of cooking videos during her time in quarantine but she switched up the format ahead of the weekend to teach her followers how to perfect a margarita right at home.

Padma Lakshmi is once again showing the world she still doesn’t care about body shamers. The author and television star struck a power pose on Sunday while in quarantine isolation, only this time she’s “fully supported” in her “crime-fighting” duties.

Criminals better watch out if they’re on Padma Lakshmi‘s list! The gorgeous 49-year-old went full Miami Vice in a new photo she shared to her Instagram account on April 26. In the image, the Top Chef host sported a green and black tracksuit and black bra, highlighting her toned abs. She added a gold necklace and a pair of black sunglasses while posing with her hands on her hips and staring off into the distance — poised to shut down any crime spree happening on her watch. “Caption this,” she began the accompanying words on her post, with an emoji wearing sunglasses. “Miami Vice 2020: Fighting crime while fully supported™️ Lewk by Adele,” she finished off the caption, adding the hashtags “swish” and “suited up.”

Padma Lakshmi is in no mood to let people shame her for going braless. Amid the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown, The "Top Chef" host has been regularly updating her Instagram feed with cooking videos to inspire her followers to stay at home and cook. During one of her recent cooking videos, where she made chicken tagine, Padma wore a sleeveless grey dress and decided to go braless. Many people pointed this out on social media and trolled her for being immoral. 

Padma Lakshmi had the perfect response to those criticizing her look while quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Padma Lakshmi had the perfect response to those criticizing her look while quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Take that, naysayers! Padma Lakshmi has a stern message to deliver to a handful of social media users who criticized her for appearing without a bra in a cooking tutorial she shared via her Instagram account earlier this month amid the coronavirus crisis.

Troll level: 100. Padma Lakshmi took a shot at the haters who criticized her for going braless in a cooking tutorial by wearing not one, but two sports bras in her latest video.

Padma Lakshmi is on a mission to end body shaming in 2020. The "Top Chef" host has been candid with fans amid her time spent at home in quarantine over the last month.

If this doesn't make you hungry, we don't know what will. As fans of Top Chef surely know, head judge and celebrity chef Tom Colicchio loves to create an incredible dish that features an amazing cut of meat.

There isn’t one dull moment in Padma Lakshmi‘s house! The gorgeous Top Chef host, 49, took to her Instagram on April 1 and shared two videos of herself busting a move. Padma, decked out in a sexy silk nightgown, which showed off her long legs and toned arms effortlessly, appeared to be in her bathroom for the first video, a TikTok dance routine set to a remix of Fleetwood Mac‘s hit tune “Dreams.” With flashing lights of purples, oranges, and more all around her, Padma did her own choreography to the tune, which nearly matched up perfectly with the song! But that wasn’t the only dance video she shared with her legions of admirers.

Padma Lakshmi danced her way through her 18th day of quarantine amid the coronavirus crisis.

Bravo's Top Chef is just one milestone of many in the successful careers of those who appear on the show. After their time on Top Chef, the cheftestants throughout the culinary competition's 17 seasons have gone on to open their own restaurants, win James Beard Foundation Awards, write cookbooks, star in their own TV shows, and generally become some of the most influential culinary voices in America today.

The judges of Bravo's Top Chef have always been the toughest culinary critics around since the series debuted in 2006. But one judge has gotten even more candid with their critiques, according to host Padma Lakshmi.

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Padma Lakshmi is doing her part to make sure people stay safe (and well fed) across the globe during the current coronavirus pandemic. The illness has led many national and local governments to encourage people to self-quarantine in an effort to slow the spread of the disease and many cities around the country have mandated that restaurants close completely or serve only take-out meals.