Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have been cooking since I was 13. I have never been to culinary school, I just cook from the heart. I have done some catering.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?To become a simple but good chef like Julia, where you don’t have to be perfect for food to be good.
What would you do with the $25,000?Buy a food truck, to feed the homeless
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