She is the host of cookery show Top Chef.
And Padna Lakshmi certainly served up a treat when she wore a flattering floral gown to the premiere of documentary Soufra in New York on Sunday.
The reality television favourite lapped up the attention as she larked around for photographers on the pre-screening red carpet.
Feast for the eyes: Top Chef star Padna Lakshmi stunned at the premiere of documentary Soufra in New York on Sunday
The 47-year-old Indian beauty looked great for her age in her black floral gown, which she wore with drak tights and boots.
As if that was not enough, she was joined at the event by fellow golden oldies Susan Sarandon, 71, and 53-year-old Mary-Louise Parker, who both looked stunning in flattering outfits.
The documentary tells the story of entrepreneur Mariam Shaar who launches a catering company named Soufra from the confines of the Burl El Barajneh refugee camp outside of Beirut.
Self-styled cookery expert Padma has finally spilled the beans on her eight-year relationship with famed author Salman Rushdie, appropriately enough in a book of her own, Love, Loss and What We Ate.
She claims the Booker Prize-winning scribe is cruel, vain and sex mad.47-year-o
Serving up a treat: The ageless 47-year-old Indian beauty showed off her stunning complexion
Golden girls: She was joined at the event by fellow golden oldie Susan Sarandon
Flawless: The 71-year-old seems to be quaffing pints filled at the Fountain Of Youth
Turning heads: All eyes were on the effortlessly glamorous actress
Their affair began when, following a successful career modelling lingerie, she was struggling at the age of 28 to move into acting and get her first cookery book published.
She admits they slept together on their first date, saying she woke ‘with a start’ at 3am, she recalls, mortified to find herself ‘naked in a married man’s bed’ and sneaked out of the hotel.
Their passionate affair led to marriage, however they filed for divorce in 2007, little more than three years after they had wed.
Salman previously slammed his ex-wife in a book of his own, criticising her ‘frequent moodiness’, ‘brattish “model behaviour” ’ and frequent coldness towards him.
A boot-iful sight: She even stole the show from Mary-Louise Parker thanks to her flamboyant footwear
Eating Weeds? Perhaps esoteric herbs are helping the 53-year-old still look so youthful
Lovely pair: The dynamic duo seemed to have coordinated their outfits