Eat Out NY
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Eat Out NY is a local television series that explores New York City's restaurants. The program runs in the New York City area on NYC TV (channel 25) and on WNBC
WNBC
WNBC, virtual channel 4 , is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan...

 (channel 4). Hosted and produced by former Ford model Kelly Choi
Kelly Choi
Kelly Choi is the former host of Bravo TV's Top Chef spin-off, Top Chef Masters, which premiered on June 10, 2009...

, the show has become a top performer on NYC TV and is widely regarded, along with Secrets of New York
Secrets of New York
Secrets of New York is the all-time most recognized television program in the history of the New York Tri-State television market, having won 16 Emmy Awards since 2006 on top of over 50 Emmy nominations...

, as the channel's signature series.

Eat Out NY began as a collaboration with local New York lifestyle magazine Time Out NY. The series joins Cool in Your Code
Cool In Your Code
Cool In Your Code is a television show on nyctv, New York City's Public-access television channel, as well as on sister station WNYE-TV. The show profiles various ZIP codes in New York City with the tagline "It's the city, unzipped." The show has won three regional Emmys.Shortly afterward, a...

and New York 360*, as the signature lifestyle programs on NYC TV. In the process, Choi has become a local celebrity. In 2006, the Bravo television network briefly entertained the notion of hiring Choi to host Top Chef
Top Chef
Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants...

, replacing Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi
Padma Parvati Lakshmi also Padma, Lady Rushdie is an American cookbook author, actress, model and television host. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for...

, the former wife of writer Salman Rushdie. Industry insiders expect Choi to land a hosting job on the Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....

 in 2008 where she has been under heavy consideration since 2006.

In the summer of 2009, Bravo will unveil Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters is an American reality competition show currently broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. It is a spinoff of Bravo's hit show Top Chef. In the series, 24 world-renowned chefs compete against each other in weekly challenges...

, starring Choi as the host.
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