Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I Cook from the heart not from a recipe. I love to feed people and have them see my vision thru my food
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My wife
What would you do with the $25,000?Open a small coffee bar in the morning with my wife and at night a private 10 diner only personalized 6 course dinning experience
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