Grub Street

How did we miss this? According to Rush & Molloy, “chef-vixen” Padma Lakshmi has offered to pose on the cover of Men’s Health wearing nothing but chocolate. (Perhaps she was inspired by Lydia Hearst smothered in caviar?) Laddy gossip site F-listed has wasted no time jumping on this news and posted no fewer than a dozen photos of Padma outside of the Waverly Inn a few nights ago. (If you prefer video, TMZ has just that.) Or did you think that because she just bought a place in Alphabet City she’d be spending her nights at Lakeside Lounge?

Padma Lakshmi in the Nude [F-listed]
"Top Chef" Tap Dance [TMZ]
Mmmm ... Padma Lakshmi Buys in East Village for $1.65 M., Replaces Fifth Avenue-Bound Parker Posey [NYO]