Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the next Favorite Chef because I can cook under any condition, wood stove, camp fire(in a hoop skirt doing Civ War reenactments!
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Receive Text UpdatesSteaks and crab cakes (my Grandpops recipe) on the grill with grilled veggies.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My Dad was and always will be my culinary inspiration. As a kid growing up he would always be in the kitchen making all kinds of recipes or coming up with his own concoction's. He’s been gone for 20 years now, but I still talk to him and think “what would Dad do?”
What would you do with the $25,000?As a single mom trying to do the best I can, the prize money will be able to go towards my twin 15 year olds college education.
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