Shirley Chung is serving up more than Michelin-star meals, she’s delivering news of her most recent major triumph — defeating tongue cancer. Last summer, the “Top Chef” alum announced she had been diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer, after doctors found a “hidden tumor” on her tongue. Recently, she took to Instagram with the happy … Read more
Shirley Chung, best known for appearing on “Top Chef,” revealed that she’s been diagnosed with stage 4 tongue cancer. Chung — who reached the final on Season 14 of the hit cooking competition — said doctors found a “hidden tumor” under her tongue in May. “Since last year December, I had a series of dental … Read more
Padma Lakshmi, 53, has spoken out about the tragic death of “Top Chef Masters” star Naomi Pomeroy. “I am deeply saddened to hear of the untimely death of chef Naomi Pomeroy,” Lakshmi, 53, wrote via Instagram on Thursday. Lakshmi continued, “She was always a welcome presence at judges table and I was blessed to get … Read more
World-renowned chef and “Top Chef Masters” star Naomi Pomeroy died after she became trapped underwater while tubing with her husband and a friend on an Oregon river. Pomeroy, 49, was tubing with her husband, Kyle Linden Webster, and another on the Willamette River near Corvallis, Ore., when the group got caught on an “exposed snag … Read more
Scalpels down, knives out. Three chefs from New York hospitals competed head-to-head in a three-course, “Top Chef”-style cooking competition Wednesday in front of a live audience at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in Lower Manhattan. The stakes were high. The winner received an all-expenses-paid trip to Napa. Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson — a “Top … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. On Season 21 of “Top Chef,” the Emmy-winning cooking competition, chef-testants are chopping their way through the Midwest. And as a new executive producer on the show, with even more involvement in the ins and outs of the … Read more
Food is more than Padma Lakshmi’s nine-to-five. The Emmy-nominated host of “Top Chef,” renowned cookbook author and creator of “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” (which returns to Hulu May 5 for its second season), happily takes her work home with her. The India-born, New York City-bred star often shares the kitchen (and a fantastic … Read more
The vivacious chef Carla Hall hit our radar as a contestant on “Top Chef” and later as a co-host of “The Chew” but she lived many lives before television, including accountant, model and owner of a catering business – where she was always on edge about paying her bills. “I would scrape together all this … Read more