Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I've always loved cooking, especially for family and friends. I love seeing the expression on their faces as they taste my creations.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is one I created called " Phylo Salmon Royal " a salmon fillet with portobello mushrooms and lobster wrapped in phylo pastry and served with a velvety lobster cream sauce and mashed potatoes.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I have a few actually, Anthony Bourdain, Bobby Flay, Gordon Ramsey.
What would you do with the $25,000?I've always wanted to have my own food truck. Or maybe a small restaurant.
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