Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My international background inspires me to prove that I can be the best. My dream is to open my own restaurant, and I’m determined to makeit
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Virgilio Martinez
What would you do with the $25,000?Start my own business
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