Four-Part Special Airs Thursdays, Beginning November 29 on KQED 9
When it comes sharing their opinions, kids are can often be more honest than adults. That’s why Check, Please! Bay Area is for the first time becoming Check, Please! Bay Area Kids. It’s the same show you know and love, but with kids sharing their opinions of each other’s favorite restaurants with host Leslie Sbrocco.
Aged ten through 14 years old and hailing from all corners of the Bay, the junior critics dish about what’s good, what’s bad and what’s downright delicious! The four-part special premieres Thursdays at 7:30pm on KQED 9 starting November 29 and continues through December 20.
“In my 13 seasons of hosting Check, Please!, I’m not sure I’ve ever had more fun than I have hosting these episodes,” says Sbrocco. “These kids are the perfect dining companions — funny, charming and bright. And more, they each bring a unique and sometimes quite refined taste in food. I can’t wait for viewers to get a chance to meet them all.”
In August, the producers of Check, Please! Bay Area put a call out for submissions asking kids to describe why they would make perfect guests for the show. Within two days, they received nearly 400 applications. Eventually, 12 kids were selected, and their no-holds-barred discussions on everything from vegan meat substitutes to the proper pronunciation for “bibimbap” to the right amount of heat in Indian cuisine, had the production crew in stitches — and soon television audiences as well.