Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have a deep love for cooking and enjoy creating and experimenting with fusion dishes, combining flavors and techniques from different
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Who is your culinary inspiration?To serve and be known in every country I go.
What would you do with the $25,000?Give to my son who is the succesor of my food business
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