Padma Lakshmi 'gains 15 pounds in every Top Chef season'

Padma Laksmi has revealed that she gains 15 pounds with every season of 'Top Chef'.

She said that she has gained - and lost - 15 pounds 10 times during the past seven years, the New York Daily News reported.

The 43-year-old model told Fitness magazine that she goes up two dress sizes trying the contestants' dishes on the show.