Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’m an under appreciated home chef that throws parties just to feed people. I take recipes and make them my own and I love doing it.
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Receive Text UpdatesProbably my spinach chicken enchiladas or my quiche.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My nana and grandpa, they had a family restaurant for 50 years.
What would you do with the $25,000?I fantasize about opening my own food truck, I would call it The Nacho Business and I would serve internationally inspired nachos.
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