Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
So I can show my granddaughter that anything can be accomplished with hard work and determination.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Alex Guarnaschelli, Duff, Rachel Ray, Amanda Freitag
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to bring a dream of my mother's and myself to fruition. That would be to open a little bakery.
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