On July 13, the Television Academy announced the nominees for the 2021 Emmy Awards, with Indian American Padma Lakshmi earning a nod for her Bravo TV show, âTop Chef,â for the second time. The New York Times best-selling author and âTop Chefâ host has been nominated for Outstanding Host for a Reality-Competition Program award alongside longtime judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. âTop Chefâ also earned nominations for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program, Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program, and Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program. âTop Chefâ has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming in 2008 and Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in 2010. It has received 37 Emmy nominations to date.