Not sure what you think of the latest Nespresso 'ambassador'...? See: http://www.fodors.com/news/padma-lakshmi-on-travels-top-chef-and-coffee-6102.html
she's apparently shooting a 'foodie' series in Seattle:
Q: The upcoming season of Top Chef will take place in the US coffee capital of Seattle. Will coffee play into any of the challenges?
A. "I don't think coffee plays that much into it. We didn't want to be obvious, so we didn't do that much with it"
mmm.. . top marks for honesty, I guess :-|