Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I infuse my Nigerian African heritage to American taste palette. I bring in the authentic flavors and the heat!!
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Sisi Yemi
What would you do with the $25,000?Retire my parents. Being a child of an immigrant, I have watched my parents really struggle financially and I would really love to give them a good time while they’re alive and well.
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