Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Cooking has been my passion since a very young age. I've moved all over experiencing new cuisines and would love to own a restaurant one day
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Who is your culinary inspiration?The chef I have been inspired by the most would have to be chef John Mitzewitch
What would you do with the $25,000?I would get myself into a new home and any remainder would be used to travel and learn even more.
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