Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
With over 18 years in a kitchen, I can whip up anything that is thrown my way! Waitching the flame and cooking under pressure is my peace
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Who is your culinary inspiration?my grandmother from Ecuador. Watching her create meals from little ingredients made me see a true chef can make anything delicious out of little to nothing
What would you do with the $25,000?Find space for a teaching kitchen, team up with recovery groups, and placement team to teach those in recovery, out of presion or with a record, teaching them all the ins and outs of a kitchen and then helping place them with jobs
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