Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be chef because I could use the money to open a food truck.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother is my culinary inspiration.
What would you do with the $25,000?Open a food truck
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