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# Holiday for Heroes: Willie Sherrer
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/lidia-celebrates-america/extras/lidia-celebrates-america-holiday-heroes-bob-sherrer/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T08:47:01.000Z
- Description: Willie Sherrer shares his barbeque and his blues music with Lidia Bastianich.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Lidia Celebrates America, #ZZZ_Show_73725357-5345-4d91-b1dc-7769ddf28616, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_e01a2a40-840d-4f67-a75c-ab2681dd034e, #extra

Willie Sherrer struggled with alcoholism and homelessness before being accepted to Culinary Command, an elite program that trains vets in new careers as cooks; today he owns a barbeque enterprise in New England.