Kelly Choi
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Kelly Choi is the former host of Bravo TV's Top Chef
spin-off, Top Chef Masters
, which premiered on June 10, 2009. Choi is also an Emmy-award winning Korean-American
television personality on NYC TV, one of the broadcast stations of NYC Media Group
, the television and media network owned by the City of New York.
Born in Seoul
, she was a pre-schooler when she moved to the United States with her family. Before her graduate studies, Choi, who stands at 5 ft 10 in. tall, was a model with Elite Models and also worked as a VJ for MTV Korea.
Choi co-produced the first season and hosted all eighteen episodes of the documentary series Secrets of New York
, most of which were nationally distributed by PBS
. Choi also created and produces Eat Out NY
, another NYC TV program in which she stars as the host and guide to the city's restaurants. She has also appeared in numerous other specials and programs at NYC TV such as hosting the James Beard Award, as well as various other food and fashion-driven programs.
In 2006, as part of a unique content-sharing arrangement between NYC TV and NBC
's flagship station WNBC
, Eat Out NY and Kelly Choi became popular fixtures of the Tri-State Region's noontime viewing.
Choi has also appeared on the TV Guide Channel
as an entertainment reporter, and has been a guest on The Martha Stewart Show, an occasional guest correspondent on the Maury Povich Show
, and a judge on the Food Network
's Iron Chef America
.
Kelly Choi has received multiple local Emmy nominations from the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
.
She won a New York Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for her show, Eat Out NY, in 2009.
She hosted Top Chef Masters
Season 1 and 2, broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. She was replaced by Curtis Stone
for Season 3.
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...
spin-off, 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...
, which premiered on June 10, 2009. Choi is also an Emmy-award winning Korean-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television personality on NYC TV, one of the broadcast stations of NYC Media Group
NYC Media Group
NYC Media is the radio, television, and online media network of the City of New York. It oversees four public television channels, two public radio services, and an Internet video on demand service....
, the television and media network owned by the City of New York.
Born in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, she was a pre-schooler when she moved to the United States with her family. Before her graduate studies, Choi, who stands at 5 ft 10 in. tall, was a model with Elite Models and also worked as a VJ for MTV Korea.
Choi co-produced the first season and hosted all eighteen episodes of the documentary series 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...
, most of which were nationally distributed by PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
. Choi also created and produces Eat Out NY
Eat Out NY
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 and on WNBC...
, another NYC TV program in which she stars as the host and guide to the city's restaurants. She has also appeared in numerous other specials and programs at NYC TV such as hosting the James Beard Award, as well as various other food and fashion-driven programs.
In 2006, as part of a unique content-sharing arrangement between NYC TV and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's flagship station 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...
, Eat Out NY and Kelly Choi became popular fixtures of the Tri-State Region's noontime viewing.
Choi has also appeared on the TV Guide Channel
TV Guide Channel
TV Guide Network is an American cable network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation....
as an entertainment reporter, and has been a guest on The Martha Stewart Show, an occasional guest correspondent on the Maury Povich Show
Maury (TV series)
Maury is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Maury Povich.When the series first aired in 1991, the show was called The Maury Povich Show and was produced by MoPo Productions in association with Paramount Domestic Television...
, and a judge 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....
's Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America
Iron Chef America: The Series is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. The show is produced by Food Network, which also carried a dubbed version of the original Iron Chef. Like the...
.
Kelly Choi has received multiple local Emmy nominations from the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS was created in 1955 to advance the arts and sciences of television. Headquartered in New York, NATAS's membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country....
.
She won a New York Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for her show, Eat Out NY, in 2009.
She hosted 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...
Season 1 and 2, broadcast on the cable television network Bravo. She was replaced by Curtis Stone
Curtis Stone
Curtis Stone is an Australian celebrity chef, author and television personality, nicknamed "The Quiet Terminator" by fans following his performance on The Celebrity Apprentice 3.-Background:...
for Season 3.