Padma Lakshmi Admits It's ‘A Little Odd’ to Watch ‘Prime Chef’ After Her Exit
Padma Lakshmi continues to be rooting for Prime Chef after departing the present.
“I watched the primary couple of episodes and it was somewhat odd,” Lakshmi, 53, advised Us Weekly completely on the Gold Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, Might 11. “However all people I like is on that present. So I’m rooting for them.”
Lakshmi confirmed her assist for Kristen Kish, who changed her because the host, including, “It’s a home I helped construct, and I need them to succeed. I feel Kristen will discover her footing, and I feel she’s doing nice.”
Regardless of making the choice to maneuver on, Lakshmi mentioned it nonetheless felt “bizarre” to not be concerned. “However I can see all these folks anytime I need,” she mentioned about sustaining an in depth bond with the present’s solid and crew. “I don’t should be on set to do it.”
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Lakshmi introduced her exit in June 2023, shortly earlier than the season 20 finale aired.
“After a lot soul looking out, I’ve made the troublesome choice to go away Prime Chef,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “Having accomplished an excellent twentieth season as host and government producer, I’m extraordinarily proud to have been a part of constructing such a profitable present and of the influence it has had within the worlds of tv and meals. After 17 years, most of the solid and crew are like household to me and I’ll miss working alongside them dearly.”
In her assertion, Lakshmi acknowledged that she was wanting ahead to “different inventive pursuits.”
“Different advanced elements went into me simply being finished with Prime Chef, which we don’t have time to enter right here,” she famous on Selection’s “Awards Circuit” podcast two months later. “However I feel I simply thought, ‘If I’m feeling this fashion, then I’ve bought to belief my intestine.’ I’ve additionally bought to make room in my life and my schedule for brand spanking new issues to bubble up.”
Lakshmi mentioned lots went into stepping away after internet hosting the Bravo competitors collection for 17 years.
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“I had been on location for eight months out of the yr. And once I wasn’t on location, I used to be in pre- and post-production for each my exhibits,” she defined about Prime Chef and her Hulu collection, Style the Nation. “And I used to be taking a look at edits of 1 present whereas on the set of one other present. It was simply exhausting and untenable for me to proceed that approach.”
Since her departure, Lakshmi has remained targeted on her ardour initiatives such because the Gold Gala, which celebrates essentially the most impactful Asian Pacific changemakers in tradition and society who mix business greatness with societal good.
“I like this group. I feel it’s actually an exquisite neighborhood that they’ve constructed that we didn’t have earlier than. I’ve by no means been to this ball however I’ve definitely seen the images, and it looks like it’s lots of enjoyable,” she shared with Us on Saturday. “So I had lots of enjoyable designing the menu for this night, and I’m somewhat nervous as a result of it’s a 250-person dinner. However we needed to concentrate on simply actually contemporary elements and South Indian meals and make it hyper particular.”
With reporting by Lanae Brody
