Executive producer David Manilow created Check, Please! Chicago, back in 2001. The TV show's popularity inspired the creation of successful spinoffs in San Francisco, Miami, Kansas City, Phoenix & Seattle. Check, Please! is an Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series. The show hosts a rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions.