Anthony Bourdain, Jamie Oliver and Padma Lakshmi Get Emmy Nods
By: Rosemina Nazarali
Published: July 20, 2012

The 2012 Emmy Nominations were announced yesterday and reality food TV is definitely getting lots of attention.
Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations leads the pack with four nominations -- Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming.
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution got a nod for Outstanding Reality Program. The show won the same award in 2010 for its first season. 
Top Chef released a sexy ad of Padma Lakshmi earlier this year in the hopes of gaining some Emmy attention and it certainly seemed to work. The show is nominated for Outstanding Reality -- Competition Program, Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming and Outstanding Picture Editing.
The 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards are taking place on September 23.