Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’d love to be able to fund my own restaurant in my current town, and show myself that I can do it!
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My mom. She could never cook anything other than corned beef and blue box quickly becoming my inspiration to learn all things food.
What would you do with the $25,000?Invest in opening my own restaurant as I have pushed my dreams aside to raise my children and it would be nice to do it with them and show them their mom is capable.
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