Looking ahead to the upcoming 10th Season of Check, Please! South Florida (premiering in May 2013), producers are planning a special episode that will reunite some of the show's most memorable guest reviewers. But they need your help! Log on to the show's home page, find the Viewer's Choice poll, and VOTE to bring back one of your favorite reviewers from previous seasons!
The Check, Please! production staff has already whittled the list down to 7 choices. The Top Two vote recipients will return for the Season 10 premiere, alongside Paul Castronovo of the Paul & Young Ron show and Castronovo Vineyards and host, chef Michelle Bernstein. The Check, Please! veterans will have three all-new restaurants to critique....for your viewing pleasure.
The poll will be open for one week only, so VOTE for your favorites now!
Greetings Check, Please! fans. I'm excited about the new June episodes -- not only because it's a great show, but because I had the fortune of being a guest reviewer. I am still pinching myself for getting the chance to review my favorite restaurant -- and getting to gush about it to Michelle Bernstein! I hope you like my pick as much as I do. While we wait for upcoming episodes, check out my blog: http://eatdrinkgo.blogspot.com/ where I review some of South Florida's best eateries. I hear there's some buzz about my South Florida sushi entry (http://eatdrinkgo.blogspot.com/2008/05/best-sushi-in-sofla.html) So enjoy!
I work in the spirits industry for St. Germain, Delice De Surreau, (Elderflower Liquor). I am frequently in restaurants and can immediately tell what type of establishment it is by scanning the bar to see what is offered in terms of spirits. Then, I scan the cocktail menu, not to see what kinds of cocktails are offered, but to see what kinds of ingredients are in those cocktails...i.e. fresh, local, high-end/high-quality spirits, liqueurs, etc. I am a very simple Caribbean/Southern girl, but spend a great deal of time in higher-end establishments because of work.
For most of us, dining is much more than dinner out. It is a special event, an opportunity to be waited on while being somewhere different than home. That difference is achieved with tasty foods, creative presentation and restrained but courteous service; however, there is another important element to the dining experience: the restaurant’s interior design. Although in the background, the lighting, seating, and colors are among the elements of interior design. An expertly-crafted interior can often make the difference between a good meal and a memorable dining experience.
I have had a lot of pleasant dining experiences during my lifetime, but being an “amateur foodie” was one of the greatest.
Normally you just select a favorite restaurant to dine with friends or business associates and if you liked the place, you went back, if not, then…. But being a temporary food critic was fun.
Even though I didn’t gain respect from Lee Klein, restaurant “critic” for The Miami New Times, I’m not worried. I didn’t go to these places to trash them; I went to critique the food, the service, the ambiance, etc. and that’s what I did. I really did like the ones I went to, even though one could have used larger wine glasses.
We’ve had dozens of applications, passionate pleas, and yes, even poetry, pour in from folks interested in snagging a spot at the Check, Please! table. And after rummaging through most of these requests, I’ve decided to pass on some helpful hints to make YOUR application stand out from the rest.
