Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook I guess that’s the only reason
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Receive Text UpdatesSlow roasted Duck Confit over sauteed greens and a bed of creamy coconut polenta, topped with plum sauce Fire roasted BBQ Duck Pizza with Gruyere and arugula Beef Rendang Curried pumpkin soup
Who is your culinary inspiration?Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, Maneet Chauhan, Thomas Keller, Alice Waters
What would you do with the $25,000?Up my Gourmet Cookie business game
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