Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
It would be a wonderful opportunity to open doors my family has never even thought about before , I will never give up on reaching my goal
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My chef Dax , he has taught me everything i know, I'm honored to be apart of his creation In the kitchen !!! Together we are going to create the next masterpiece for Athens Tennessee!
What would you do with the $25,000?Start a actual life with my family, I've always been at the very bottom and I've tried so hard to make a way out for my 3 kids to actually have a chance in this world, I believe this could be it ! With the help of everyone whose watched my story over the years of my life, I've always worked hard and I will never stop, maybe together we can open doors to extraordinarily places !
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