Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I started cooking at 16 in professional kitchen I'm now 57. And I still love to cook.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?The swedish chef. But really my grandma & mother taught me how, the kitchens forged techniques ,French, Italian etc
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay off bills as I'm just coming back from cancer. Get my very own mobile kitchen up & running
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