Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking and I believe I can bring a chance to the food industry with healthy food that tastes great
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My signature is my chili and macaroni and cheese and my fried Chicken and peach cobbler and my barbecue sauce.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My parents and my grandparents was my culinary inspiration there home cooking Southern soul food dishes.
What would you do with the $25,000?To start my business catering and food truck business
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