If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.
Padma LakshmiI have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.
Padma LakshmiI've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.
Padma Lakshmi