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Roy Choi Lands His Own TV Show On CNN
Roy Choi is working on a new CNN show (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for AEG)
On the heels of a pretty busy year for chef Roy Choi (like launching a restaurant and bar at Koreatown's The Line hotel to playing an integral role in Jon Favreau's food-centric film Chef), he can tack on one more achievement: getting a show on CNN.
Choi, who's melded Korean and Latin flavors together at his L.A. establishments from Chego to A-Frame and his Kogi BBQ truck that started it all (and possibly the fusion taco truck movement in our city), announced on Twitter yesterday the good news:
I got my own show&it's from the heart on the biggest platform down2the smallest detail. #CNN #StreetFood
— Roy Choi (@ChefRoyChoi) August 10, 2014
thank YOU! pic.twitter.com/MVafJl9Oa6
The show, which looks like it'll be called "Street Food" is a collaboration with Favreau. It's not clear what role the filmmaker will have on the show, but he tweeted a little Vine video dropping some hints of things to come:
Sponsored message
Roy Choi and I shooting #streetfood for CNN #comingsoon #chefmovie https://t.co/xXrMluyFTK
— Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) August 10, 2014
A CNN rep confirmed the new show to Eater, though didn't reveal much else: "I can confirm that a collaboration with Roy is in the works but we're not prepared to release details about the project."
Congrats, Roy!
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