Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because i want to spread good food in a place that doesnt have much and put ct on the map and open the first of many restaurants.
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14 hour smoked dyno rib banh mi. Crispy baguette, house made smoked onion liver pate, pickled carrots, daikon and jalapenos. Nam jim jaew bbq sauce.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mom is my inspiration. She was a cambodian refugee that fled cambodia with my family and consequntially travelled to many different countries on the voyage to america. In order to provide for my family during this journey she made noodles to sell but also experienced all the food they had to offer, and that ended up being the food of my childhood, phillipines, chinese, malaysian, thai, vietnamese and more.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would fund an international BBQ restaurant that had influences of bbq from all over the world. From china to puerto rico to argentina to india and of course american bbq. The sauces and flavors and techniques would be heavily influenced by my own upbringing and that of my friends that i knew growing up as well as all the wonderful chefs that ive met along the way.
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