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Chris Valdes

Miami-born Cuban-American chef, TV personality, and Food Network Star finalist; host of Roku's "Qué Delicioso!" and author of the cookbook "One With the Kitchen."

Aug 30, 2026

6:54
cream and the flour, I can't do it again.
6:57
And she's like, you know, sometimes in life, Chris, we're going to have obstacles.
7:02
And those obstacles are meant to show us whether we're supposed to go somewhere else or whether we're supposed to try it again one more time.
7:11
And she's like, I have a feeling you need to try this again.
7:14
And I just stayed quiet because Ms. Hyatt had a way with her words, and she was usually right.
7:19
But I walked away, and about a week or two later, I received a phone call saying, we chose you to compete.
7:28
And I'm like, well, I never submitted an essay.
10:23
Something like that, probably.
3:35
What comes to mind? Who's around you? Who made it? Who's with you? How old are you? And
3:41
what's happening? I'm about five years old.
3:45
I'm in my family restaurant and I'm right there in the counter that was in the middle, silver commercial style counter.
3:54
And mom just starts cutting up the huge boliche that she made and mom stuffs it with chorizo.
4:02
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
4:03
What's boliche? Boliche is like a picture like a beef tenderloin, a beef round.
4:08
She roasts it, but before she roasts it, she makes an incision in the middle and she stuffs it all the way, which for me, I never understand how she's like, if it's this big, how she stuffs it all the way with chorizo, but it's just in there.

31 MINS LATER

34:58
What's next for Chris?
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[upbeat music] All right, we are back.
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As you can see, we've eaten the tacos.
0:06
We've still got a couple more over here, but now it is time to make our spa- spicy mezcal margarita.
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Yes, sir.
0:12
Tell us about what we have here as far as the spread.
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Okay, so m- I think the most important thing, uh, there's two very important things when you're making a good margarita.

9 MINS LATER

MiloHOST
9:15
Okay.
9:19
And that tastes good.
speaker_0HOST
1:23
You got the ropa vieja and then c- the tacos, obviously.
1:25
The tacos and the signature garlic aioli, and, uh, the cheese, you know.
1:29
And today we're using a little four cheese Mexican blend, but you could use any cheese type of situation.
1:33
We're using white corn tortillas.
1:35
A- and, and the secret there is once you dip it in that, that little fattiness and the, and the au jus of the, of the beef, let it crisp up.

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speaker_0HOST
23:44
Okay
23:44
OkayAnd that tastes good.
23:48
I just need...

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