Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am a Marine that became a chef and want to compete with the best to share my talent and passion I have for food!
You decide who will appear in Taste of Home magazine, and win $25,000!
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandma bc she has always been my biggest fan and made me a cook book of all the childhood dishes she cooked for holidays and when I visited her.
What would you do with the $25,000?Invest in my personal chef business and give some back to the friends and family that have helped me out when I was starting out. It would mean the world to win that money!
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