Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I enjoy cooking even when my Daddy was alive
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Who is your culinary inspiration?While cooking listening to great music whether it be jazz or R& B or house music
What would you do with the $25,000?Take a vacation or trip
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