I’m always going to be respectful of them. Everything I know came from that place. From the Giacalone family, that’s where I learned everything. Putting my hands in the kitchen on the food, on the ingredients, that’s where I learned everything. I love Italy like I love Mexico (Chef Andrade’s native country), and I love the United States.

“Aly told me she was a nutritionist and trainer, and she could get me where I wanted to be (weight-wise) in six months,” Montelepre remembered. “I just kind of looked at her … she looked at me and said, ‘Give me a shot.’ She told me again, ‘Give me a shot.