Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I make very very unusual cookies, ice creams, and ice cream sandwiches. Our brand is based on uniqueness, addictiveness, bold and unexpected
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I have several. Cookies- First, our Coconut Pineapple & Guava cookie. Then, my brand new Cake Batter, Toffee & Buttered Pecan cookies (we make our own toffee). Then Lime Blast- fluffy lime cookie with an intense lime glaze. Then The Elvis- peanut butter & banana cookie. Ice Creams & Sorbets- Honey, Dates & Vanilla Ice Cream, Lemon Basil Sorbet
Who is your culinary inspiration?I'd say Jeramiah Tower, Jaques Pepin, Julia Child
What would you do with the $25,000?We would use it for our shop that's going to be opening in September. We are going to be opening the first ever ice cream, cookies, and ice cream sandwich retail shop in Ahwatukee AZ. 1st, we need a Taylor Batch Freezer ($9700), a blast freezer ($5000), stand up freezers ($2000), dipping cabinet ($2000) and the rest will be used for other equipments like milk shake maker, pans, buckets, etc.
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