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

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Christa Feeney

I am a “Dalmatian with pink spots”, I want people to feel equal, fulfilled, satisfied & at home. Food CAN do that. EVERYONE deserves that ❤️

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What is your signature dish?

To be honest I don’t have just one My daughter’s favorite is my lamb. I make an incredible thick silky sauce with my secret ingredient (seriously it’s so good) and my purple potatoes (roasted or whipped into fluffy greatness ) But seriously There’s so many options . Diversified, simple and perfect, difficult and delicate. It’s thrilling . to me to be unbiased and open minded to try is the KEY to having one hell of a meal and delicious memory 👩‍🌾🍀❤️🤘

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My first is my nana Lucia 🥲 . So many memories . I can still smell and taste everything and so in love with it all 🤤. But good gosh if I picked to much that spoon scared me haha🤣. I still have so many kitchen items that she had decadessss ago . Age =flavor :-) Second and many are all of the chefs I watch (incessantly in fact haha ) personalities show in dishes and that’s what comes to me naturally when I cook and I love that (I have a lot of personality haha)

What would you do with the $25,000?

Most of it is going to my daughter because she is incredibly smart and is going very far in life 😊🥹. The other part would help me do something special; a food truck to extend the love of my dishes that you can taste smell and see and think about until the next time you have it . Of course I want this for myself , but there are endless opportunities to influence others, create that “omg I don’t want to swallow it’s so good” moment, feed the homeless, teach kids, Just need

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