Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

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Denise Williams

My 4 year old great nephew says I make the best chicken soup. My Thursday club can’t believe I can whip something up in a flash.

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What is your signature dish?

Texas Cake, breakfast from egg Casserole to biscuits and gravy to quiche. I love to try something new all the time from sheet pan dinners to something good on the grill.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

Gosh, this is hard to answer. The food network and public TV have offered may fantastic culinary people. Some of the ones I look up are Ree Drummond, Julia Childs, and everyone on food network.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I probably would find a way, to teach children the basics of the kitchen - make scrambled eggs, sample foods raw or cooked on the grill, oven, in dishes. Then as we find what they like, we find ways to add it maybe a casserole or something for the family.

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