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This month, the 31-year-old caterer, cookbook writer<\/a>, and creator of the “Cooking With Chris”<\/a> YouTube channel will make his tv host debut with a brand new Latin-inspired cooking present that faucets into his Cuban roots. <\/p>\n Being a finalist on Food Network Star<\/i>\u00a0and Star Salvation<\/i>\u00a0launched Valdes to a nationwide viewers. Following his stint on Food Network, he appeared on varied nationwide tv exhibits, and is a\u00a0frequent visitor on Live with Kelly and Ryan<\/i>\u00a0together with stints on Food Network\u2019s Chopped<\/i>\u00a0and the<\/i> Sherri Shepherd Show<\/i>.<\/p>\n Beginning this month, Valdes<\/a> will seem as each host and decide alongside Mexican-born chef Marcela Valladolid\u00a0on \u00a1Que Delicioso!<\/i><\/a>, a seven-episode Spanish language authentic collection. The competitors cooking present streams totally free on the Roku Channel. <\/p>\n During every episode, an internationally acclaimed chef from Latin America presents a dish that represents their tradition and heritage. From there, two extra cooks go head-to-head as they try to recreate \u2014 whereas additionally reinvent \u2014 the dish, tapping into their very own cultural backgrounds to offer it a singular twist. <\/p>\n At the top, the internet hosting cooks and Valdes and Valladolid determine which prepare dinner offered the most effective fusion \u2014 and who will take residence the $10,000 prize. <\/p>\n Valdes tells New Times<\/i>\u00a0the present is an ideal method to have a good time his personal Cuban roots alongside others. It’s additionally what makes it an ideal present for Miami-based followers, lots of whom share within the diaspora of Latin cultures that make up the Magic City.<\/p>\n “What I like essentially the most about this present is that it is all about celebration,” sums up Valdes. “For Latinos, meals is at all times a celebration of custom and household. I did not know these contestants earlier than the present, however I obtained to know them by their tales. Like me, so lots of them have been rooted in childhood, and what higher method to inform their Hispanic-inspired tales than on \u00a1Que Delicioso!<\/i>?”\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n