Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I want to achieve my main goal and that is to one have my own cooking show catered to the intercity and urban area young adults.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is Butter Garlic Shrimp with asparagus on a bed of Jasmine rice.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My Aunt MaryAnn, My Uncle Andy and My Great Aunt Corinne were my inspirations and taught me everything I know.
What would you do with the $25,000?The money would be going towards opening up my restaurant and my wife's Assistant Living facility business
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