Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking, especially baking! Being a favorite chef just validates me as someone who is passionate about what I love doing.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My late grandmother, Mabel Blake was my first. Now it's just about all the tv chefs I watch.
What would you do with the $25,000?Give part back to God. The rest will be applied to me going to baking school.
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