Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am very passionate about cooking food and feeding people I been cooking for over 17 years
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Ramsey and Chris Gibson
What would you do with the $25,000?Put it towards my food truck and fix some things around my house
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