Check, Please: Taste of Brasil Owner a Finalist to Host

If you've been to Oak Park's Taste of Brasil restaurant and wondered who was behind the wonderful dishes, you might to get a lot more of her. 

Owner and chef Christiane Pereira is one of 17 finalists being considered for the hosting gig at WTTW's Emmy-winning restaurant review show.

WTTW chose the finalists after receiving audition videos, and now you can vote online to decide the new host (of course you can; this show is all about being interactive). 

You can view the list of candidates here, where they show a brief audition video and answer why they should be the next host. 

Vote for Christiane Pereira here. 

Pereira's answer was: 

"Being a business owner, I built my business with a lot of hard work physically and mentally. But what always really stood out and kept on bringing people in is my personality and affinity to connect with people around me.

"I love spending time with my customers talking about anything they want. This is my biggest joy and self accomplishment in my day to day! Not to mention my true and real passion for the culinary world.

"Since I believe a good part of the job of the hostess is to keep the audience involved and help with the flow of the conversation among the guests, I think I would be a good fit, because that is what I have been doing with my customers."

Voting began Wednesday and goes until 11:59 pp.m. April 17. Only one vote is allowed per IP address, and additional votes from the same IP address will be disqualified. 

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