Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
If winning favorite chef I would use the money towards my own business and to expand my culinary knowledge
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is my banana pudding cheesecake
Who is your culinary inspiration?My great grandmother and grandmother. I was in the kitchen with them every chance I had
What would you do with the $25,000?It will be used to start my own bakery and expand my culinary knowledge
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