Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the favorite chef because the food that I create brings nothing but warmth happiness and amazing taste
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Jeff Henderson
What would you do with the $25,000?I would pay off school loans
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