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We'll admit that Padma Lakshmi, host of Bravo TV's Top Chef is nice to look at, and she may have brains, too, but the model-actress-author does seem to lack a key ingredient in TV hosting: A little fire in the kitchen...salt'n'pepa in her stew...in other words -- a personality.
But Salman Rushdie's ex isn't alone in this department. Blandness and the monotone delivery almost seem to be a prerequisite for female reality TV hosts. Other examples include:
Brooke Burke's work on Rockstar: Supernova.
Or Julie Chen on Big Brother:
Now if only Ann Curry (The Today Show, Dateline) could host a show like America's Got Talent...then we'd have a superfecta!
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have you seen the original host of top chef, katie lee joel? padma was a HUGE step up.
Beautiful and bland is the new (old) trend...plus if you read the blogs, Padma is allegedly stoned out of her gourd much of the time, hence the placid smile...
Any idea why she has the gigantic scar on her arm? I kinda like it but it's deeply un-television.
Josh,
I think somewhere on the Bravo TV site she explained that the scar was from a car accident when she was younger.
She was hit by a car when she was 14. Hence the scar.
And yeah, she totally seems stoned all the time. I can't believe I've watched this show religiously for so long. I hate cooking and I hate whiny chefs who backstab each other. But I love this show so bad.
Are you crazy? The Top Chef got her as host and now it's Bravo's runaway hit. I think she has a wonderful warm personality. I would imagine she is identical on TV and in real life conversations.