Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook and make people happy and smile when they eat my food
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Carlos Brown
What would you do with the $25,000?Revamp my catering business
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