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After another great round of auditions last week, which also taught me a lot about African Cuisine, it was time for the final round of auditions with contestants representing The Americas! To clarify, when I say The Americas, I mean every part of it. The United States, South America, Venezuela, Mexico, Barbados, and Jamaica.  Much like the other three Audition Episodes, the judges gave out five aprons among eight home cooks that were auditioning, except these were the last five aprons of the whole competition.  The first home cook auditioning was Tkaiya, who was from Jamaica, New York and was representing the island of Jamaica. The dish that she chose to make was Pineapple Glazed Jerk Chicken with Sweet Potato Puree. This is absolutely a dish that I would be willing to try. I mean seriously, have a look at it below.  When she finished plating her dish, there was just one problem. She forgot to plate the Pineapple Glaze.  The judges immediately commented that the dish...

After another great round of auditions last week, it was time for the third round of auditions for the contestants representing Africa! I’m going to be completely honest with all of you reading right now: before the episode aired, I had very little familiarity with African cuisine. I have never been to any African restaurants, and very few of the cooking shows that I watch had challenges where contestants had to make African dishes. So, I was going into the episode with absolutely no idea of what to expect in terms of what foods would be made, but I was also really curious and excited to learn about African cuisines.  Much like with the other two audition episodes so far this season, eight contestants were auditioning for an apron in the episode, and only five would get one.  The first home cook auditioning was Nadine, who was representing Sierra Leone, and the dish she made was a Peanut Butter Soup with Chicken Coconut Curry and Rice. For those of you that don’t know, Peanut ...