Chef with Meadville roots competes for $1 million on TV cooking show

It’s another Wednesday night in Meadville — nothing big planned for retirees Sharon and Doug Peters, who have lived in ...

Padma Lakshmi on Creating CBS's Top Cooking Show and Balancing Motherhood

The former 'Top Chef' host opens up about creating her own $1 million cooking competition show, raising a teenage daughter ...
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Stream it or skip it: ‘America’s Culinary Cup’ on CBS, a Padma Lakshmi-created cooking competition where elite chefs vie for a million-dollar prize

America’s Culinary Cup on CBS is created, executive produced and hosted by Padma Lakshmi; is a cooking competition where 16 elite chefs vie for a grand prize of $1 million. After the first episode, ...
USA Today

Why burnt out 'Top Chef' Padma Lakshmi lit up 'America's Culinary Cup'

Padma Lakshmi is bringing serious beef to "America's Culinary Cup." It's not just the impressive 250-pound-plus hanging sides of meat featured in Episode 2 of the CBS prime-time cooking competition, ...
Variety

Padma Lakshmi on Building Her Own Cooking Competition After Being ‘Burnt Out’ by ‘Top Chef’: ‘I Didn’t Want to Go Back to Just Being Talent’

Lakshmi’s answer to those queries is “America’s Culinary Cup,” which she calls “the biggest swing of my professional career.” Unlike “Top Chef,” where she was initially a hired hand and grew into an ...