Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Gael Leblanc

I think i could be the favorite chef because i have self esteem and passion together when its about cooking and always ready to learn .

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What is your signature dish?

I have a lot but i will say black rice with shrimp is a good one with beans shrimp crab and mushroom ,you can eat it just like that or with the seafood sauce but either its tasty .

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My mom is my culinary inspiration. I grow up seeing people always compliment her about her cooking skills even about pastry. I always wanna have good skills in culinary and shes my model and i think seeing me practice almost everything she knows would make her happy including me.

What would you do with the $25,000?

A lot of options come with it i could use it to learn more about culinary and pastry knowledges, i could use it to open and start a small business, i could invest

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