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FINAL FOUR: Lori Wiktorek of Aurora

  Green Tea-Rosemary Pork Chops with Cranberry-Apricot Stuffing and Cheddar Bacon Cauliflower Casserole Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com

Age: 49

Occupation: Legal assistant

Faced: Carrie McCulley in Round 1 and Jeff Zilch in Round 2

Favorite ingredient: Olive oil

Cooking style: “I consider myself a self-taught cook. I refuse to be intimidated by things in the kitchen. I act like I know what I’m doing and have fun.”

Challenge outcome: Her green-tea pork chops with cranberry-apricot stuffing impressed the judges. In Round 2, judges liked her inventive use of Spam, as well as the juicy-looking turkey leg.

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