Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Since I was a child all I had wanted to do was work with food and I am eager to showcase my abilities and creativity to the world.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is a Chicken Katsu with a borsht curry and boiled buckwheat with soy sauce.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration has always been my grandmother within my family, and Marco Pierre White within the industry.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would pay off the home that my fiancee and I have so that we can hopefully sell it, upgrade and get a better kitchen.
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