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Inside CBS’ America’s Culinary Cup with Padma Lakshmi Padma Lakshmi breaks down the million-dollar prize, the show’s format and how chefs were picked for CBS’ cooking competition.

Padma Lakshmi hosted Top Chef for 17 years before betting on herself and creating her own CBS show—America's Culinary Cup—from scratch. It's currently the No. 1 cooking competition series on ...