Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Very simply put, I have absolutely loved cooking and creating new recipes, along with remixing classes. I'm a bit quirky and love cookin
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Receive Text UpdatesSignature Crown Meatloaf. Individual beef pork, and veal loafs. Topped with brown sugar and bourbon whipped sweet potatoes. Finished with a brown gravy drizzle.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Both my mother and grandmother are my inspiration. At 5 years old I graduated from a play kitchen set to my own step stool in the kitchen creating dishes side by side with them.
What would you do with the $25,000?Self-publish my own cookbook also including a professional food photographer. Also, build a lower level test kitchen for future recipe creations for the cookbooks.
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