Too Spicy

She’s done it again. Make us drool that is.

Season 3 of the eagerly awaited (for us foodies anyway) Top Chef debuts June 13^th at 10pm on Bravo, with our favorite model-turned-actress-turned-chef, Padma Lakshmi playing hostess with the most-ess.

For those of you who haven’t tuned in yet, Top Chef pits 15 contestants against each other in a series of culinary trials and tribulations eliminating one chef each week, until of course the most awesome TOP CHEF is left standing.

If the idea of people getting heated over who bought the last chili pepper, doesn’t excite you, surely Padma will. After graduating from college, and modeling for the likes of Vogue and Versace, Padma hosted 2 cooking shows, penned a successful cookbook entitled Easy Exotic and became a syndicated columnist for the NY Times. Another pretty face? We think not.

Next up for Padma is another cookbook Tangy, Tart, Hot and Sweet releasing later this year and a film directed by Deepa Mehta and starring John Abraham entitled "Exclusion" releasing in 2008.

Whet your appetite with a smack down between Seasons 1 and 2 airing June 6^th at 10pm. Then catch the real deal June 13^th at 10pm.

Top Chef, www.bravotv.com/topchef

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