Padma Lakshmi has been open about her bond with Prime Chef winner Melissa King.
“Melissa is any person whose cooking I at all times liked,” Lakshmi, 55, advised People on Tuesday, October 28. “She's enjoyable and we take pleasure in one another's firm. She tends to be my plus one generally so individuals will see us on the pink carpet collectively.”
Lakshmi famous that she can also be near former contestants Gregory Gourdet, Kwame Onwuachi and Kristen Kish.
“So there's fairly a number of of them, however these guys appear to be in New York essentially the most,” she stated.
Days later, Lakshmi and King wore joint The Addams Household costumes, with King dressing up as Gomez Addams and Lakshmi showing as Morticia Addams. Their different two buddies joined them as Wednesday Addams and Lurch.
“I might die for her. I might kill for her. 🥀🖤-Gomez Paddams,” King wrote alongside a video of the 4 buddies through Instagram on Saturday, November 1
In another post, King posed alongside Lakshmi with the caption, “Cara Mia! 🥀,” which is the Italian phrase for “my expensive.”
King, who initially starred on season 12 of Prime Chef, gained the cooking competitors present in season 17 in 2020, which was hosted by Lakshmi.
“It's so arduous even to seize all of it! I bear in mind breaking down crying,” King advised Parade in June 2020 whereas recalling how she felt when Lakshmi advised King she gained. “Everybody was bum-rushing me. So many issues have been happening. It felt very validating at that second, understanding the imaginative and prescient of the menu I wished to current to them was validated.”
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King famous that the judges “felt the fervour and love that [she] put into it.”
“I began considering of your complete season, and the whole lot began flashing earlier than me,” she defined. “Again to day one, after I checked out everybody and thought of how I might place to being referred to as the winner. It's all of the feels!”
Following King's win, Lakshmi shared a candy message on her social media.
“Melissa King, you actually got here into your personal this season on Prime Chef. It's been such a pleasure to observe you blossom right into a assured, on level and progressive chef,” she shared on Facebook in June 2020. “You confirmed us how Chinese language meals could be elevated and Chinese language flavors improve all meals. Your finale dishes have been gorgeous. You make me so proud! Brava!!”
Over 5 years later, King is now primarily based in San Francisco the place she runs an organization centered on culinary partnerships and experiences — and launched her new cookbook, Cook dinner Like a King, in September.
“I'm formally an writer! 😭🫠🔪👑,” King wrote through Instagram in February. “My first cookbook is lastly right here and I'm gonna cry! Nobody talks about simply how lengthy it takes to write down a cookbook, this has been 3+ years within the making! Getting concepts out of my head and translating instinct to paper — it's pure INSANITY. I've dreamt of getting a cookbook since I used to be a child. I'm so grateful for my publishers @tenspeedpress @ok.a.snoweden @jauneclaire, cowriter JJ Goode, agent @sabrinataitz and everybody concerned in making this dream come to life!”
King went on to say that her cookbook is “a group of Chinese language California dishes” impressed by her Shanghainese grandma, Cantonese grandma, her mother Alice, and a few from Prime Chef.
“The guide is designed with all of you in thoughts — residence pleasant, taste packed, spectacular dishes for anybody trying to be a greater cook dinner,” she gushed. “It's the closest I can get to cooking beside you, instructing you my methods whereas exploring the Asian pantry collectively and serving up Cali vibes. 😎.”
