Amanda Cestrone

I love cooking and I want to eventually open my own restaurant and winery. I love creating new dishes and cooking for others!

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

My Italian grandmother. She emigrated to America as a young women and is an amazing cook. She has taught me so much and I aspire to be as good of a good as she is.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

Homemade pasta with vodka sauce and guanchiale

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use it to help me save up to buy my own winery and bed and breakfast in Italy. I am in the process of getting dual citizenship for Italy and it’s my dream to operate my own winery and bead and breakfast there.

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