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

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Christopher Turak

I should be the favorite chef because I cook with fun passion with laughter with knowledge I can blend things together most can’t

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What is your signature dish?

I don’t really know if I have a signature dish. I do enjoy making curry dishes. I do enjoy braising meats and I do enjoy cooking southern style food with some kick. My mind runs wild in the kitchen. I do love and making spicy dishes from chicken wings. That will blow your mind all the way up to curry chicken with a coconut based sauce from cooking all the vegetables and peppers and onions and garlic and chilies, etc. I love infusing food with so many different flavors and wonderful ingred

Who is your culinary inspiration?

I would have to say my mother watching her in the kitchen every night she always cooked home-cooked meals and it never missed no matter what so I learned a lot of flavor bouncing from her meals

What would you do with the $25,000?

Well, what would I do with the $25,000 honestly take a very nice trip and enjoy some culinary inspirations I would pay off some bills and then live a very comfortable life with my family

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