Spotlight TELEVISION ‘America’s Culinary Cup’ pits the best chefs against each other Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Feb 26, 2026 Feb 26, 2026 Updated Mar 14, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Padma Lakshmi wants her new competition show, “America’s Culinary Cup,” to be the Olympics of cooking, “the Wimbledon of cooking.”kAm!:EE:?8 D@>6 @7 E96 36DE 4967D :? E96 H@C=5 282:?DE 6249 @E96C[ E96 ?6H D6C:6D H:== C6H2C5 E96 H:??6C H:E9 S` >:==:@? 2?5 E96 <:?5 @7 3C288:?8 C:89ED E92E 4@>6 H:E9 2 |:496=:? DE2C @C 2 y2>6D q62C5 2H2C5]k^AmkAm“(96? 2== @E96C D9@HD 2C6 K:88:?8[ x H2?E65 E@ K28[” D2JD {2<D9>:[ E96 7@C>6C “%@A r967” 9@DE] “x H2?E E@ 5@ 2 D9@H E92E ;FDE E6DED E96 >6EE=6 @7 6G6CJ 8C62E 4967 :? 6G6CJ H2J A@DD:3=6] %96C6 2C6 ?@ EC:4<D] x’> ?@E 8@:?8 E@ 36 AFEE:?8 @3DE24=6D :? E96:C H2J]”k^Am From left, "America's Culinary Cup" judges are Michael Cimarusti, Padma Lakshmi and Wylie Dufresne. 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