Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Quarter-Finalist

Cecilia Vallery

I cook from the heart I can cook many different ethnic foods. It’s the way I get back to my kids my family friends my job I will cook for an

Currently 5

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What is your signature dish?

New Orleans style gumbo Guyanese beef curry with roti

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My grandmother who had me in the kitchen cutting onions at 7 and my husband’s grandfather who I share the same birthday he taught me how to cook New Orleans style

What would you do with the $25,000?

Open a food truck and catering company

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