Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

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Terry Eastland Jr

Being featured would help catapult my culinary career As a recent culinary school graduate I would pay of a large portion of tuition

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

My grandmother Reather is my number one inspiration in the kitchen. She is the best cook in our family hands down and I strive be just as good. Competition also inspires me, I love to compete. I aspire to be one of the best competition cooks in generation.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

My all-time favorite dish to make is Gumbo. It is a labor of love dish and the first thing my Granny taught me how to make. Gumbo is a dish we have at all of our family gatherings so anytime I make it feels like a celebration.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use the money to pay off a huge chunk of my tuition and the rest would go towards opening my first food establishment.

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