Date of Birth
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01-September-1970
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Place of Birth
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Chennai
(Tamil Nadu, India)
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Nationality
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United States of America, India
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Also know as
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Padma Parvati Lakshmi, पदà¥à¤®à¤¾ पारवती लकà¥à¤·à¥à¤®à¥€, Padma Parvati Lakshmi
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Profession
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Model, Actor, Author
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Padma Parvati Lakshmi is an Indian-born American cookbook author, actress, model and television host. Her debut cookbook Easy Exotic won her the "Best First Book" award at the 1999 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. In 2010, Top Chef won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program.
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