Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’m going to make the show more interesting and fun because I’m a great chef and my personality is magnetic
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish would be huevos rancheros any Asian inspired or Italian style I’m so diverse that any one dish is hard i make everything great
Who is your culinary inspiration?Anthony Bourdain i loved watching him on his adventures and often thought about how i could be like him
What would you do with the $25,000?Well i have to pay the rent first so probably that and then maybe a snow cone machine and a couple of gallons of perfume for my fiancée Cindy she likes to smell nice ❤️ also help my mom she had a recent fall and i could help her pay for some home health aide 😊
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