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Eau Claire resident Laurel Robertson and her two children were thrilled at the opportunity to appear on a national reality cooking show on the Food Network.

Laurel, her 15-year-old daughter, Megan, and her 12-year-old son, Cameron, are one of four families appearing on the fourth-season opener of "Guy's Grocery Games," starring Guy Fieri, at 7 p.m. Sunday on the Food Network.

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