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Prime Chef has misplaced one in every of its favorites. Host Padma Lakshmi has left the cooking competitors sequence after 17 years. She is not going to be seen in season 21 of the sequence, which was picked up by Bravo in Could.
Her final look on the Bravo sequence was within the Prime Chef World All-Stars season, which ended final week. She revealed she was leaving the sequence to followers final week.
This isn’t the final viewers will see of Lakshmi. She at present seems on Taste the Nation on Hulu. That sequence returned for its second season in Could. The streaming service has not formally introduced a renewal for season three, however it should possible proceed.
Lakshmi revealed the next about her determination to depart Prime Chef at the moment in an interview with the Los Angeles Times:
“There have been an entire lot of advanced elements that went into this determination. The most important one is “Style the Nation,” which consumes me in one of the simplest ways, intellectually, spiritually, creatively, and I simply need to hold making it. Aside from writing my memoir and enhancing the anthology [of travel essays], it has been probably the most gratifying work of my life. I really like each reveals for very completely different causes, and I’m very, very fortunate to have two hit reveals on TV on the identical time. That’s like lightning in a bottle — I felt like, how might I give that up? , as a result of Hollywood likes to maintain you good and scared.
Final yr, my grandmother died. She virtually raised me. Per week after, I needed to go and movie “Style the Nation,” which was truthfully the perfect factor as a result of it stored my thoughts occupied. It’s OK as a result of it’s one week out on the highway after which one week off, the place I’m working to arrange the subsequent week however a minimum of I get to sleep at dwelling with my child. We went away for every week for spring break; we had two weeks away in August. After which, bang, I used to be on the set of “Prime Chef” from mid-August till October. So I used to be on the highway from February to October. And I used to be exhausted. I simply need to take pleasure in my life a bit of bit.
That’s to not say I don’t need to do extra initiatives. However I additionally don’t need to eat like I do on “Prime Chef” anymore. I’m the one one on the present that eats each single factor. I did it for a very long time, and I don’t assume that’s sustainable for me.”
Bravo will announce a premiere date for Top Chef season 21 later.
What do you think? Are you stunned by Lakshmi’s exit from Prime Chef? Will you proceed to observe the sequence with out her?
