Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am a professional chef that started at the age of 12. I have been cooking all my life and am in school now to expand my knowledge of food.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Gordon Ramsay, my chefs from school, and my parents
What would you do with the $25,000?I would love to put it towards opening my own restaurant or food truck
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