Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the favorite Chef because as a child my family feed me the love of cooking. Cooking for and with family brings great joy to me.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is lasagna paired with a cabbage salad and bread with garlic butter spread.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration is rooted in cooking meals for family along side of my grandparents, parents, and siblings. My grandparents recipes were shared through moments standing in the kitchen while music sounded through the dining room. Grandpa’s fried rice. Grandma’s turkey wings. They taught me to cook from an early age. My father and older brother culinary endeavors inspire me to be Favorite Chef.
What would you do with the $25,000?Fund a food truck and restaurant in honor of my grandfather and others.
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