Vinnie "the Crumb" Caligiuri

Posted: February 13, 2012

Who: Mortgage guy and dad nominated by oldest son for season 3 of "Worst Cooks in America," Sundays at 9 p.m. on the Food Network.

Age: 47.

From: South Philly.

Now: Jenkintown.

Big debut: His audition dish was "macaroni and cheesesteak: Steak-umms dumped in the oven with a bunch of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese."

Kitchen disaster: "Cooking was always an afterthought to me. Like, oh my God! It's dinnertime! What am I gonna do? I'd take pieces of a puzzle that didn't go together and slop em together. It didn't occur to me that it wouldn't be any good . . . "

Kitchen master: "Chicken Marsala was always my favorite meal. Now, I can actually cook it."

"The Crumb"? A nickname from the day he showed up for a work meeting hungover and wearing sweatpants.

Hear him: Sundays, 10 to 11 a.m. on the "Real Real Estate Show" on 950 ESPN (AM).


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