| Name(s) |
PADMA PARVATI
LAKSHMI |
| Date of
Birth |
September 01, 1970 |
|
Identity |
Indian-born
American Author, Actress, Model and Television Host. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- 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.
- Oct 02, 2007: Her second
cookbook, Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet, was released on this
day.
- Apr 17, 2004: She married
novelist Salman Rushdie, who dedicated his novel Fury
to her.
- Jul 02, 2007: She and her
husband Salman Rushdie filed for the divorce.
- Mar 08, 2016: Her debut
memoir Love, Loss and What We Ate was released on
International Women's Day, on this day.
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