Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am submitting my wife whom is a graduate of LCC Culinary prigram, she is the Product Devolper for Signature Seasoning, her palate amazing
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Who is your culinary inspiration?When I was a kid it was Julia Child, and Justin Wilson. Of course Martha Stewart. I love Chef Morimoto for his technique and knife skills, and Matty Matheson for his humor. Hard to pick just one so I'll say my mom, because of her, I learned to season my food.
What would you do with the $25,000?There's a restaurant around the corner for sale that needs an owner like me to feed the local neighborhoods.
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