Meet The Team

Steve Dolinsky

ABC 7's lifestyle and food reporter Steve Dolinsky reports "The Hungry Hound" Wednesdays and Fridays on ABC 7 News at 11 a.m. In January, 2006 his role at the station expanded and The Hungry Hound: Friday Night Special can now be seen on the station's top rated 10 p.m. newscasts on Friday evenings as well. Dolinsky joined the station in October 2003.

Previously, Dolinsky was the Executive Producer and Host of "Good Eating" on CLTV, the 24-hour news channel owned by the Tribune Co. The weekly half-hour show featured chefs, health news, wine reviews and inexpensive restaurants around Chicago. Dolinsky hosted that program from 1995-2003.

Steve has garnered 12 James Beard Awards for his TV and radio work over the past decade: six for best local TV cooking show in the nation, one for best TV food segment, local or national; two for best radio segment on food  long form and three for best radio segment  short format.

In 1997, Dolinsky created a weekly, one-hour, call-in food talk show on WCKG-FM in Chicago. "The Hungry Hound Radio Show" aired every Saturday at 5 p.m., on 105.9 FM. The live show covered all kinds of food and drink-related topics, and usually had a few guests, in addition to taking calls from the audience.

From 1997  2007, Steve was Food Contributor for WBEZ-FM, Chicago's public radio station. Each week, he produced and wrote long-form food stories focusing on anything from Russian food to Italian ice. His work with WBEZ garnered him a 2000 and 2002 Peter Lisagor Award for arts & entertainment reporting. (The Lisagors are awarded to Chicago-area journalists by their peers in recognition of truly superior contributions to journalism). Dolinsky picked up the same award  for arts & entertainment reporting  for his work on "Good Eating" in 2002. Dolinsky was also a Food Correspondent for "The World"  a co-production of Public Radio International, the BBC World News Service and WGBH Boston  filing reports on everything from freshly-killed sushi in Chicago to authentic Kerala-style food in India. Steve has also written articles about food and restaurants, which have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Reader and CS -Modern Luxury Magazine, as well as metromix.com. Most recently, he was a judge on the Food Network's "Iron Chef America," presiding over Battle: Rabbit.

In 2002, Dolinsky founded Culinary Communications, a media training business focusing on the food industry outside of Chicago. Dolinsky is also very involved in several not-for-profit agencies in the Chicago area, including Meals on Wheels and Share Our Strength.

Dolinsky has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and History from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He previously worked as a general assignment news reporter in Michigan (WLUC-Marquette), then the Quad Cities (WHBF-Rock Island, IL; KWQC-Davenport, IA), and finally, for two years at CLTV, before joining the "Good Eating" team.

For more information on Dolinsky, visit stevedolinsky.com.

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