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Choppedjudge and Food Network starAlex Guarnaschellihas a confession to make.

Who did you watch before becoming a Food Network star?

I also used to watch Ina Garten. Remember the painter Bob Ross, the “fluffly little clouds” guy with the hypnotic voice? I think Ina is the Bob Ross of food. I wanted her roast chicken, I wanted to go pick those tulips and make the biscuits with vanilla extract in them. I would just pretend that I was inside her life and in her kitchen.

Were you nervous on the set?

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