Release Date

02 Oct, 2001

Runtime

00:26: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

84/7

Synopsis

Check, Please! is a popular restaurant review program that first aired on Chicago's PBS member station WTTW in 2001. The show's popularity inspired spin-offs in several other markets. A San Francisco version of the show, Check, Please! Bay Area, began its first season in 2005, airing on KQED. A Miami version for WPBT, Check, Please! South Florida, debuted in January 2008. Check, Please! Kansas City then began airing on KCPT in 2009, and Check, Please! Arizona on Phoenix's KAET made its debut in 2010. A Seattle version, Check, Please! Northwest, began airing on KCTS in 2012. The format of the show is simple: three people sit down with a host to discuss three local eating establishments, one favorite chosen by each guest. Before the program is taped, each person chooses a favorite restaurant, and everyone in the group is required to visit each person's selection. Afterwards, everyone describes their eating experiences. Although many participants select trendy, upscale restaurants, just about any eating establishment is fair game including hot dog stands and "neighborhood joints".

Original Title

Check, Please!

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Season 1

02 Oct, 2001

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Spago's Amanda Puck, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. In each show, Puck will moderate an ever-changing panel of three diners, who are not professional restaurant critics.

Season 2

10 Oct, 2002

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Spago's Amanda Puck, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Amanda invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 3

17 Oct, 2003

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 4

15 Oct, 2004

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 5

07 Oct, 2005

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 6

06 Oct, 2006

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 7

12 Oct, 2007

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 8

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 9

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 10

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 11

Restaurants. We love to talk about them. We want to know where to go, what to eat, what's hot...and what's not. Check, Please!, hosted by Alpana Singh, compares notes on favorite local eateries with a variety of price ranges. Every week, Alpana invites three new guests, who are not professional restaurant critics, to try each other’s recommendations, and then discuss their dining experiences on the show.

Season 12

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by master sommelier Alpana Singh, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 13

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 14

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 15

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 16

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 17

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderates a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.

Season 18

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Alpana Singh, who moderates a rotating panel of three “citizen” reviewers. Join us as we continue the journey around Chicago neighborhoods.

Season 19

WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Alpana Singh, who moderates a rotating panel of three “citizen” reviewers. Join us as we continue the journey around Chicago neighborhoods.

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