Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook, create, and nourish my 3 teenage sons to fuel their sports….and of course my friends! I’d like to start catering!
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I make a mean chicken Marsala, braised short ribs, marinated flank steak in chimichurri sauce over a large romaine salad with fajita veggies, and beef Wellington
Who is your culinary inspiration?I’m a mix of Jose Andres, Anthony Bourdain, and my grandmother who was amazing in a kitchen
What would you do with the $25,000?I’d renovate my kitchen, and start cooking meals for friends who had an emergency, or surgery, a new baby (I’m a nurse), and cater event parties in my local area, as well as donate meals to our local first responders.
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