Ten new episodes premiere Thursday, April 14, at 7:30pm on KQED 9.
SAN FRANCISCO – March 14, 2016 – KQED’s James Beard and Emmy Award-winning program Check, Please! Bay Area is back. The 11th season premieres on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 7:30pm on KQED 9. New guests celebrate their favorite Bay Area restaurants and Leslie Sbrocco (thirstygirl, The Today Show) moderates the conversation adding humor, wit and expertise. The season includes 16 new episodes and four specials that bundle restaurants featured in past seasons around themes and cuisine. The second half of the new season will broadcast in September. The series also airs Sundays at 6:30pm on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM. Watch online at kqed.org/checkplease.
In every Check, Please! episode, each guest chooses their favorite place to eat and the other two guests visit anonymously — the restaurants are not notified that Check, Please! “reviewers” are dining there. After trying each other’s recommendations, they join host and moderator Leslie Sbrocco to discuss, dispute, and celebrate their dining experiences with lively commentary.
“It’s an incredible time for the show and me!” says Sbrocco. “Now in our 11th season, we feel incredibly knowledgeable about the Bay Area’s dining scene. Yet with each episode, we meet another foodie who introduces us to something completely new and delicious.”
“Each year we’re astounded by the number of passionate Bay Area restaurant goers,” Producer Tina Salter adds. “There are a seemingly endless number of fantastic eateries and people who champion them. We feel lucky that those people come to us to share that love.”