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Speaker 1: Lawrence Louis owned Robato, a Hong Kong inspired cafe in Quincy.

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Speaker 1: He's competing on season twenty three of Top Chef, an

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Speaker 1: opportunity he says was hard to take given that he

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Speaker 1: had a baby at home, but ultimately impossible to pass up.

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Speaker 2: Top Chef is one of those things that's just you know,

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Speaker 2: I think it's over the years, like being in the

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Speaker 2: twenty third season, is really established himself as like this,

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Speaker 2: you know, the kind of competition show.

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Speaker 1: The show is a grand prize of a quarter million dollars.

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Speaker 1: Louie wasn't allowed to say how he did since the

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Speaker 1: season still hasn't aired, but he says he tried to

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Speaker 1: represent his culture as best he could.

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Speaker 2: It's meaningful to me to be able to represent Quinsy,

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Speaker 2: but what you know, Chinese Americans like you know, I

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Speaker 2: think different communities I belong to to be able to

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Speaker 2: be like, okay, like let's go on this stage and

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Speaker 2: really like you know, be vulnerable and do do what

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Speaker 2: I can.

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Speaker 1: Season twenty three of Top Chef premieres on March ninth

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Speaker 1: in Quincy. Jeremy Russ WBZ Boston's news radio