Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the favorite chef because I live the culinary lifestyle. I cook for love and lasting memories!
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My father. When I was a boy, he cooked a simple dish of lentils and rice and at 10 years old, I wanted to cook like him.
What would you do with the $25,000?Fix my house!
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