{"id":711,"date":"2026-01-28T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbculocal\/?p=711"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:20:08","slug":"nbc-5-chicago-adds-james-beard-award-winner-kevin-pang-as-new-food-guy-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbculocal\/2026\/01\/28\/nbc-5-chicago-adds-james-beard-award-winner-kevin-pang-as-new-food-guy-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC 5 Chicago Adds James Beard Award Winner Kevin Pang as New \u201cFood Guy\u201d Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Food Guy\u201d with Pang to air Thursdays on \u2018NBC 5 News\u2019 at 10pm<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chicago, IL (January 28, 2026)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV) has announced James Beard Award-winning journalist&nbsp;<strong>Kevin Pang&nbsp;<\/strong>as its new &#8211; \u201cThe Food Guy\u201d &#8211; multi-platform on-air reporter. Pang\u2019s segments,&nbsp;focusing on the latest local cuisine trends, hot spots, and stories of the cooks behind them, will begin airing&nbsp;Thursday, January 29&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>NBC 5 News<\/em>&nbsp;at 10 p.m. and across NBC 5 Chicago\u2019s digital and social channels.&nbsp;The announcement was made by&nbsp;<strong>Sally Ramirez,&nbsp;<\/strong>Senior Vice President of News, NBC 5 Chicago \/ Telemundo Chicago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It marks a return to local food journalism for Pang, who spent 11 years at the&nbsp;<em>Chicago Tribune<\/em>&nbsp;as a restaurant writer, food critic, and documentary filmmaker. He penned the popular where-to-eat column&nbsp;<em>The Cheap Eater<\/em>, and in 2015 co-directed&nbsp;<em>For Grace<\/em>, the acclaimed restaurant documentary that premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a>\u201cChicago\u2019s culinary scene has always been as vibrant as the city itself, and we couldn\u2019t be happier to welcome Kevin to our team to share his fun and insightful experiences with our viewers,\u201d said Ramirez. \u201cHis unique perspective and spirited storytelling will give our audience an engaging, behind\u2011the\u2011scenes look at the flavors shaping our city today.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m enormously grateful to NBC 5 Chicago for keeping the flame of food journalism alive in our great town,\u201d added Pang. \u201cTelling our viewers where to find great places to eat is the least we can do. There\u2019s no better feeling than sharing stories about people who use food as their love language \u2014 from mom \u2018n\u2019 pop businesses to Michelin-starred chefs, cooking in Pilsen taquerias and Plainfield barbecue joints to Westmont noodle shops and all points between. Food stories are Chicago stories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pang is no stranger to NBC 5 Chicago. He\u2019s the executive producer and co-host of the Emmy-nominated late night food show&nbsp;<em>Poochie &amp; Pang: Eat Chicago<\/em>. In addition, Pang is a contributing writer for&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>, where he project-leads \u201cThe 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago\u201d list. He and his father Jeffrey co-wrote&nbsp;<em>A Very Chinese Cookbook<\/em>, which reached No. 1 overall on Amazon\u2019s bestselling books chart.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pang has a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and earned his MBA from Northwestern University\u2019s Kellogg School of Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT NBCU LOCAL CHICAGO<\/strong><br><strong><em>NBCUniversal Local Chicago<\/em><\/strong><em>, a part of NBCUniversal Local, is the home of NBC 5 (WMAQ-TV) and Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV). Together, the duopoly serves diverse English- and Spanish-speaking audiences in the third largest U.S. television market. The NBC and Telemundo-owned stations deliver the latest local news, consumer, and investigative reports across multiple platforms, including linear TV, streaming, and digital. Their coverage includes Chicago&#8217;s most accurate forecast, extensive local sports coverage, original documentaries and series, and lifestyle and entertainment programming through \u201cChicago Today.&#8221; All original content is available on-air, digitally via\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.NBCChicago.com\"><em>NBCChicago.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.TelemundoChicago.com\"><em>TelemundoChicago.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0,and via the stations\u2019 mobile apps. 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