Sitting on a $40 million fortune these days thanks to her fine taste in food, Padma Lakshmi earns $50,000 per episode of Top Chef, according to Celebrity Net Worth. First joining the show in 2006 during the second season, she’s been a host and judge ever since and even stepped up to also act as an executive producer.
Along with earning her legions of loyal fans — who regularly flood her food-filled Instagram posts with comments like “Yummmmmy” and “Can you save some for me?” — Lakshmi’s work on Top Chef has earned plenty of industry honors, including nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, as well as a nod for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in 2009, and along with others on the show, she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010 for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program.
In May 2019, Lakshmi talked to Market Watch about the best financial advice she’s received, saying, “Do not live beyond your means. You have to really be disciplined, and separate what society tells you from what will be the best path for you to follow.” Considering her level of success, she obviously knows what she’s talking about.
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