Padma Lakshmi Confesses She Can Eat Over 7,000 Calories A Day While Filming ‘Top Chef’

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Padma Lakshmi has been busy during self-isolation from the novel coronavirus.The Top Chef star has been taking care of her daughter Krishna as well as posting cooking videos to social media - the former supermodel is a skilled chef with several cookbooks to her name.And the 49-year-old beauty also found time to pose for theSeptember cover of Women's Health, on-stands August 4. Inside, she talks about the workout that has changed her body as well ashow she's using her platforms as a megaphone to amplify the voices of other cultures on her new Hulu show Taste The Nation.

Padma Lakshmi has been busy during self-isolation from the novel coronavirus.The Top Chef star has been taking care of her daughter Krishna as well as posting cooking videos to social media - the former supermodel is a skilled chef with several cookbooks to her name.And the 49-year-old beauty also found time to pose for theSeptember cover of Women's Health, on-stands August 4. Inside, she talks about the workout that has changed her body as well ashow she's using her platforms as a megaphone to amplify the voices of other cultures on her new Hulu show Taste The Nation.

She is the glamorous host of the popular cooking competition series Top Chef.And Padma Lakshmi admitted in the latest issue of Women's Health that she often consumes 'over 7,000 to 8,000 calories' in a single day of filming.'Those chefs are cooking to win, so they're putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can,' said 49-year-old model, who began hosting the show in 2006.

Padma Lakshmi‘s calorie intake spikes well over the recommended 2,000 whenever she hosts Top Chef because she’s consuming some of the most decadent dishes.The Top Chef host, 49, explained in an interview with Women’s Health on Tuesday, July 14, that she eats anywhere between 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day while sampling more than 30 dishes per episode.“Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can,” Lakshmi said.However, when the cameras aren’t rolling the Love, Loss and What We Ate author makes her health a top priority.

Padma Lakshmi revealed that she eats anywhere from 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day while filming “Top Chef." The caloric intake comes from the TV personality's job of sampling more than 30 dishes each episode, she revealed in a new interview with Women’s Health. “Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can," Lakshmi, 49, told the outlet.

, the 49-year-old chef and TV personality, who serves as the host and executive producer on the cooking competition series, reveals that she samples and judges more than 30 dishes per episode, eating around 7,000 to 8,000 calories a day. “Those chefs are cooking to win, so they’re putting in as much lard and butter and salt as they can," she says of the contestants on. Lakshmi balances the excessive calories from the show with a regular exercise routine, telling the magazine that she works out five times a week for 90 minutes.

Padma Lakshmi, 49, is opening up about her exercise and diet regimens that help keep her looking toned in the summer outfits and bikinis she often wears. The author and actress revealed she works out at least five days a week, 90 minutes a day, and eats healthy food that requires a lot of fun cooking, in a new interview to Women’s Health. She also went into depth about how quarantine has affected her regular day-to-day efforts to keep strong and feeling great.

Padma Lakshmi has been busy during self-isolation from the novel coronavirus.The Top Chef star has been taking care of her daughter Krishna as well as posting cooking videos to social media - the former supermodel is a skilled chef with several cookbooks to her name.And the 49-year-old beauty also found time to pose for theSeptember cover of Women's Health, on-stands August 4. Inside, she talks about the workout that has changed her body as well ashow she's using her platforms as a megaphone to amplify the voices of other cultures on her new Hulu show Taste The Nation.