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Cathy Hobbs is an American television host, interior designer and lifestyle expert based inNew York City.
Hobbs began her broadcast career atKGET-TV inBakersfield, California, while still a student at theUniversity of Southern California. In 1991, she joinedWOLO-TV inColumbia, South Carolina, as its “featured night-beat” reporter. After a year, she moved toWSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. She then worked forWRC-TV, the Washington D.C.NBC station, and joinedWPIX in April 1997. In 2009, she left the WPIX news team to launch the real estate and design television series, Metro Residential, which also airs on PIX; she is the co-host, and executive producer of the program.[1] In January 2014, Hobbs launched Design Recipes, a real estate and design series named after her popular interior design/home staging company based in NYC, which airs on WPIX-TV in which she is the host, executive producer and owner. WPIX-TV airs the program across a host of multi-media platforms. Hobbs also writes a weekly article series called Design Recipes, nationally syndicated through Tribune Content Agency.
She is also one of the designers onHGTV Canada's showTop 10.[2]
Hobbs has been nominated for 19Emmy Awards and is a five-time Emmy award winner.[1] In 2003 Hobbs was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding General Assignment and Live Reporter for the entire New York City region.[3]
Cathy Hobbs is the founder of Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes, an interior design and home staging firm based in New York City. Her professional credentials include ASID, NCIDQ and LEED AP.[2]On June 6, 2011,HGTV announced that Cathy Hobbs is among its group of 12 finalists for Season 6 of HGTV'sDesign Star.[citation needed] On September 19, 2012, Mythic Paint, the world's first zero-volatile organic compounds (VOCs), zero-toxins and non-carcinogenic high performance paint announced Cathy Hobbs as its new exclusive brand ambassador. Mythic Paint also announced the release of a 12-color paint collection under the Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes brand. Hobbs is the Brand Ambassador for British based lifestyle brand Plain Lazy in which she is developing her own Design Recipes branded line of youth bedding.