Padma Lakshmi showcases her stunning figure in a bikini… as she catches a crab on a trip to the beach
Padma Lakshmi put her home quarantine on hold for a bit on Sunday for a refreshing trip to the beach.
The 49-year-old Top Chef host couldn’t help but show off her fit figure in a two-piece bathing suit on Instagram, before heading out to the waves.
She also seems to have caught her dinner for the evening after spotting a crab just below the surface.
Beach trip: Padma Lakshmi, 49, showed off her stunning beach-ready body in a magenta bikini in an Instagram post from Sunday
Padma’s post featured a gorgeous mirror selfie of herself in a magenta bikini that highlighted her flat tummy and long legs.
The 5ft9in former model also had on a multi-colored robe, though she pulled it back to reveal her body.
‘Which way to the beach?’ she captioned the post.
Fit figure: Another photo revealed Padma in a cyan string bikini that highlighted her cleavage
Another photo revealed Padma in a cyan string bikini that highlighted her cleavage.
The cookbook author let her raven tresses cascade over her shoulders, and she blocked out the sun with a floppy tan hat with a brown band.
She wasn’t just on the beach to cool down and soak up some rays, but had a tall net with her for some shallow water fishing.
While the Rocky theme played in the background, Padma leaned forward and slashed the net into the water, before swiftly pulling it back up to revealing a crab flopping about in her net.
‘Got it!’ she cried out with joy.
The clip also featured a slow-motion instant replay, which featured her saying, ‘That’s a big one,’ in a comically slowed-down and lowered voice.
Fresh catch: She wasn’t just on the beach to cool down and soak up some rays, but had a tall net with her for some shallow water fishing.
Success! ‘Got it,’ she cried with joy as she pulled a flopping crab out of the water
Comic relief: The clip also featured a slow-motion instant replay, which featured her saying, ‘That’s a big one,’ in a comically slowed-down and lowered voice
Padma went for a relaxing beach outing as her Hulu series Taste Of The Nation has been receiving rave reviews.
The series explores the history and impact of iconic American foods, which she traces to immigrant communities that settled in the US.
A glowing review in The Atlantic described the series as a ‘Trojan horse’ and called it ‘a ruthless indictment of how a nation’s cultural heritage has been constructed out of the people and traditions that it has consistently and brutally rejected.’
In an interview published Friday with Marie Claire, Padma also talked about her desire to introduce viewers to cuisines they might not be familiar with, like South Indian cooking.
The TV host, who was born in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, before immigrating to the US at age four, wanted to show something different from the Northern Indian cooking that’s more prevalent in America.
‘I would love to see other regional Indian cuisines represented. South Indian food—obviously I’m biased—[is great]. But Gujarati food; Bengali food; Rajasthani food—they have all these stuffed peppers and things that are delicious,’ she said.
New gig: Padma currently stars on the Hulu series Taste Of The Nation, in which she highlights American foods and shows how they were largely created by immigrants; shown in November