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Padma Lakshmi to Host New Cooking Competition Series ‘America’s Culinary Cup,’ Two Years After Leaving ‘Top Chef’
Two years after leaving 'Top Chef,' Padma Lakshmi will host a new cooking competition series on CBS, 'America's Culinary Cup.'
The new show will air on CBS during the 2025-2026 broadcast season and feature “the nation’s most decorated chefs” as they face off in a “one-of-a-kind competition designed to challenge their creativity, endurance, presentation, leadership and more,” per the logline. Through hosting and executive producing “Top Chef” and “Taste the Nation,” Lakshmi received 16 Emmy nominations. “America’s Culinary Cup” is produced by Lakshmi via her Delicious Entertainment, and Rovner for Aha Studios.
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