The Illegal Eater

*The Illegal Eater*
The Illegal Eater
Genre	Reality
Created by	Chris Charney; Scott R. Leary;
Written by	Chris Charney
Directed by	Chris Charney; John Barnard; Scott R. Leary;
Starring	Steven Page
Composers	Steven Page; Mitch Dorge;
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Production company	Farpoint Films
Release
Original network	Travel + Escape; Esquire Network;
Original release	October 22, 2013 –; 2014

The Illegal Eater is a Canadian reality television series which premiered in 2013 in Canada on Travel + Escape.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Hosted by musician Steven Page,^[1] the series featured Page traveling to various North American cities to profile "under the radar" food businesses, such as pop-up restaurants, food carts and underground restaurants.^[5] The show also aired in the United States on the Esquire Network.

The series also featured appearances by Paul Myers, Jason Priestley and Mike Doughty. Page collaborated with Mitch Dorge on the series music.

The series won a 2014 for Best Lifestyle Series at the Banff World Media Festival.^[6] The show also garnered two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, for Best Lifestyle Program or Series and Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series.