Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the favorite chef because cooking is my passion I care about the look and taste of my food plus I want to start my own business
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish would have to be southern fried chicken dirty cabbage Mac and cheese with peach cobbler cornbread
Who is your culinary inspiration?My biggest inspiration would have to be my mother before she passed several years ago I remember as a kid seeing the impact she made through her food with knowing this I decided the best way to honor her is use my gift and take what she did to the next level in hopes of not only establishing a legacy for myself but also keeping hers alive as well if given the opportunity to show my skills
What would you do with the $25,000?I recently fell on hard times with the loss of my job being behind on bills and rent has been a hassle when it comes to getting assistance if I won the $25,000 I would get caught up find a new place and finally start my business under the banner of Gifted Gourmet
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