Padma Lakshmi is reportedly expecting a bouncing baby girl!

Lakshmi — host of Bravo’s top-rated cooking competition, Top Chef — has kept her baby’s sex under wraps since announcing her pregnancy last October, but loose-lipped sources close to the foodie beauty blab that Padma is stocking up on little girls clothing just weeks ahead of her scheduled due date. The Gossip Wire is abuzz with whisperings that Columbia University professor Adam Dell is the baby’s father.