Padma Lakshmi, the host of the "Best Chef" unscripted television appear, affirmed Monday that she was "petrified" when a Teamster defied her while union individuals were picketing outside a Boston-territory eatery where the arrangement recorded in 2014. 

Lakshmi, who is likewise a creator and model, said she was a traveler in a vehicle outside the Steel and Rye eatery in Milton, only south of Boston, where a gathering of men had framed a line so vehicles couldn't advance. She said one man inclined his arm on her entryway and stated: " 'Goodness, lookie here, what a pretty face' or 'What a disgrace about that pretty face.' " 

"I felt he was tormenting me," Lakshmi said. "I felt he was stating, 'I may hit you.' " 

Lakshmi's declaration came amid the government trial of four individuals from Teamsters Local 25. The men have argued not liable to charges of intrigue to blackmail, and helping and abetting. 

Prosecutors affirm they debilitated and irritated the team of the Bravo show's non-union generation organization. They guarantee the Teamsters were attempting to close down the recording of "Top Chef" if the show did not enlist Teamsters to drive creation vehicles. The show had effectively employed its own particular drivers. 

Lakshmi said the man who addressed her additionally yelled something "slanderous" to her driver. 

"I could hear a ton of hollering, trades," she said. "They all appeared to be warmed up." 

Lakshmi said she doesn't have any part in employing for the creation organization. 

Gail Simmons, a judge on "Top Chef," additionally affirmed Monday, saying she was "unfathomably perplexed" as she touched base at the eatery and saw the men obstruct the vehicle's way. 

"One of the men put his head into the van and began shouting at us," Simmons said. 

Legal counselors for the Teamsters have said the men were only practicing their entitlement to picket for driving employments. They've said "Top Chef" team individuals heightened the occurrence in Milton.