I'm beyond thankful for all the love & support everyone has shown me. I may have lost the competition, but I won tons of knowledge and experience. I'm also extremely grateful for the massive amount of love and support I've received from everyone . I feel blessed to have come from the bottom, from nothing and have made such great strides in the culinary world. Some say,"you learn more from losing than you do from winning." I say "as long as I'm breathing and I'm alive I'm winning everyday." To believe that I once was the type of person that didn't think I'd live to see past 25. Now I'm setting goals an achieving them with tons of hard work and dedication. All the simple lines and thoughts like "you can achieve whatever your heart desires if you just work hard for it" that the older people would give me as guidance when I was younger are now coming to fruition. You really can achieve anything you set your mind to and I'm a true testament of it. Do what you love and forget about limitations and restrictions. Live your passion. Fight for what you love. More to come from Chef Peter Martinez. #cooksvscons #foodnetwork #foodchannel #chef #petermartinez