Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I’ve never had any formal training my mom wasn’t a cook so I cooked for my family my whole life then my own & I cook delicious food
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Food network & myself …. I just had a love for cooking and watching people(family) eat with a smile but food network has been my inspiration in so many ways and there isn’t just one person I can name but many !!!
What would you do with the $25,000?Pour it into a business of my own to do what I love, bring families together with love n food
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