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 WNYE-TV (channel 25) and on WNBC (channel 4). Hosted and produced by former Ford model Kelly Choi , the show has become a top performer on NYC TV and is widely regarded, along with Secrets of New York , 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 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 , replacing Padma Lakshmi, the former wife of writer Salman Rushdie. Industry insiders expect Choi to land a hosting job on the Food Network in 2008 where she has been under heavy consideration since 2006.
In the summer of 2009, Bravo unveiled Top Chef Masters , which stares Choi as the host.