Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I feel that cooking is an extension of my personality and the love that I have for my friends and family and the ability to shine
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dishes would be more braised oxtail or braised short ribs
Who is your culinary inspiration?My parents were fantastic Cooks they could taste something and recreated with tweaks making it their own so I would definitely say my mother and my father
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to take my family on a lovely vacation as we're all hard-working individuals
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