Turns out Padma Lakshmi doesn’t just serve fire in the kitchen — now she’s serving punchlines. The former Top Chef host is trading quickfires for quick wit as she tests her chops on the stand-up stage.

Over the last two decades, Padma has built a dynamic and multifaceted entertainment career. She’s been a wildly successful supermodel, a best-selling author, a decorated television presenter, and a powerful voice in the culinary world, spending the last several years as the host of Top Chef . But now, she’s making a big career pivot from cookbooks to comedy .

She recently opened up about this new career shift in the latest issue of Vogue India . Appearing alongside her daughter, Krishna Lakshmi on the cover, the pair speak candidly about their creative lives, their most r

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