Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love what I do I went to art school and my talents are shown through my food You eat with your eyes
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Ina Garten
What would you do with the $25,000?I lost my daughter to stiff person disease 18 months ago I took care of her for three years and I neglected fixing my house I would like to fix my kitchen with a few updates and pay off the bills
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