{"id":538,"date":"2014-06-13T20:24:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T20:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2014-12-15T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T10:38:23","slug":"macys-great-american-grilling-guru-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offthehookontheplate.com\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Macy&#8217;s Great American Grilling Guru competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know I enter a lot of recipe contests and some are cook-offs. I was super excited to make the semi-finals for this cooking competition where we competed in Charlotte,NC this time and our judge was celebrity Iron Chef Cat Cora and what a treat to grill my Shrimp &#038; Apricot Pork Tenderloin with a jalapeno apricot creamy sauce and have Cat judge it and she loved it but all three dishes were fantastic it was a hard decision for her. Although I didn&#8217;t win to go on to the finals I had a great experience and tons of fun! 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