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Adam Dell Is the Father of Padma Lakshmi's Daughter

Originally posted 03/18/2010 11:30AM

The identity of Padma Lakshmi's daughter has finally been revealed: Adam Dell, a venture capitalist who splits his time between Austin and New York City, fathered baby Krishna, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

Though the Top Chef host announced her pregnancy in October, she was mum about the father's identity.

According to the source, Lakshmi, 39, and Dell, 40, are trying to work out visitation rights with their daughter, who will be a month old March 20. Dell would like "more time and involvement with the child," says the source. "It's all in negotiations. They are trying to work it out. They are trying to avoid anything messy."

Lakshmi, meanwhile, has been spotted recently with Krishna. On March 11, the two were photographed together on a New York City bench.

The baby's father was first reported by the New York Post.

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Padma Lakshmi Welcomes a Daughter

Originally posted 02/22/2010 09:15AM

Padma Lakshmi is now the happy mother of a daughter.

"Model, author and Emmy-nominated host of Top Chef Padma Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl named Krishna Thea Lakshmi on Saturday," her rep tells PEOPLE. "Mother and baby are well and happy."

Last month, Lakshmi dropped hints about her daughter's name, saying, "I am going to name the child an Indian name. It will be after someone in my family, so don't expect to see an Anglicized name – it will be a classically Indian Sanskrit name."

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Padma Lakshmi Dishes on Her Top Moment of 2009

Originally posted 12/17/2009 02:00PM

It can't be easy to choose this year's top moment if you're Padma Lakshmi.

After all, 2009 was the year she earned an Emmy nod for hosting Top Chef, launched a jewelry line at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, and, oh yeah, announced she was pregnant.

"I can pick a favorite moment very easily," the 39-year-old TV star tells PEOPLE. "I gave a keynote address at MIT December 4th." The reason? To talk about her personal struggle with endometriosis – a leading cause of infertility – and help inaugurate MIT's new center to find a cure for the disease. "This year I was able to co-found the Endometriosis Foundation of America. It was a way to use something I've struggled with and turn it into something positive. This was my proudest achievement."

Of course, getting pregnant was also "a great event" but, for now, Lakshmi prefers to keep mum about any specific plans for motherhood. "I'm just a little superstitious," she says. "Everything is new about this. It's all mysterious and exciting."

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Padma Lakshmi Plays the Baby Name Game

Originally posted 10/16/2009 09:00AM

Padma Lakshmi may have a bun in the oven, but she swears it's no "Pomegranate," the Top Chef judge tells PEOPLE, poking fun at creative celebrity baby names.

"I just want to see how the baby looks when it comes, and then I'll have some ideas," said Lakshmi, displaying her curvy figure in a long, low-cut Gucci gown on the Hammerstein Ballroom red carpet in New York for Alicia Keys's charitable Keep A Child Alive's annual Black Ball on Thursday.

Given her own background, Lakshmi, 39, indicates that the baby's name will be Indian-influenced. "The name will have to do with my family," she says. "I don't think it's going to be called 'Pomegranate' or 'Atlanta.' "

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Pregnant Padma Lakshmi 'Butters' Her Growing Belly

Originally posted 10/06/2009 01:45PM

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi isn't shy when it comes to discussing how expecting a baby has changed her life so far.

"One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch [and] it itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated," she said Monday during a brunch in New York City to champion Reebok's line of Pink Ribbon products, which helps raise money to battle breast cancer.

To ease the itch, Lakshmi, 39, said, "Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter."

Good thing she's got help. "Before, my housekeeper was helping me because I can't bend over to do my feet," said the model-turned-cookbook author, whose pregnancy was revealed earlier this month. "Now my mom's here and she's been buttering up my tummy."

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