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  <title>Padma Breaks Up the Band</title>
  <published_at>Thu May 01 13:47:00 -0700 2008</published_at>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <short_description>Musical talent does not a Top Chef make</short_description>
  <long_description>Episode 8: Musical talent does not a Top Chef make.</long_description>
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    <h1>Padma Breaks Up the Band</h1>
<h3>Musical talent does not a Top Chef make</h3>

    <p class="intro"><a href="http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/4/bios//index.php?cat=chef&#38;p=mark">Mark Simmons</a>, the didgeridoo-playin', sweet-curry-fixin' Kiwi, calls out Padma Lakshmi as Yoko Ono in his <a href="http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=246023">exit interview on Bravotv.com</a>, but we were too distracted by his CHOW T-shirt to really understand the comparison. (Who is John in this equation? Who is Ringo?) He talks with Shawn Rose about the difficulties of using a state-of-the-art microwave oven, being criticized as a messy chef, and his return to the kitchen at New York's <a href="http://www.chow.com/places/15630">Public</a>. Plus: who he thinks will win.</p>
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