Padma Lakshmi Dating Vikram Chatwal? Top Chef Host Says 'I'm still single and searching' [VIDEO]
It seems like Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi is finally able to move on.
It has been 18 months since Lakshi's ex-boyfriend Theodore "Teddy" Forstman died of cancer, and her current relationship with hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been going four months strong, according to Mail Online.
After her vacation to India, Lakshi brought New York Dream Hotel's Chatwal to her annual Blossom Ball, which took place on Monday night. The event benefits the Endometriosis Foundation of America.
The couple weas first seen sitting together at a Knicks vs. Netz game in December 2012, and were again together over the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
They were also found aboard a private jet in Los Angeles earlier this year, and seemed to have been "inseparable" at the Dream's New Year's Eve party, according to the report.
But a report by by People Magazine stated that Lakshmi denied these reports, saying "I'm still single ... and searching!"
Mail Online reports that tensions remain from the couple's previous and present married lives. Chatwal is still married to model Priya Sachdev, and Lakshmi's previous marriage to author Salman Rushdie, which ended in 2007, fueled international tabloids.
Despite her longer-term struggle with endometriosis, a condition that causes pelvic pain and has been associated with infertility, Ms Lakshmi gave birth to Krishna in February 2010. Lakshmi's custody battle with venture capitalist and ex-boyfriend Adam Dell also caused strain.
The father's identity was not initially given, but it was later revealed to be Mr. Dell - brother of Dell computer founder Michael Dell, according to the report..