Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I believe I should be favorite chef because I put all my love and soul into my cooking. I take my time into everything I do with food .
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Bobby flay Guy Fieri
What would you do with the $25,000?I would rebuild my life over . I been homeless since my mother passed in 2020 . I would take some of the money and invest in a food truck and the rest get some where to live . Cooking bring me peace and understanding. So me having some where to live to cook and a food truck would help me a lot, and do what i wanna do, and that be a famous top chef.
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