Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’ve been cooking every since I was 5 I’ve learned to cook from my grandmothers and other family members I have created many great dishes
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My signature dish is grilled salmon with grilled smoked scallops.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Well one of my culinary inspiration is Gordon Ramsey I have been watching all his cooking shows. I can always hear him in the back of my head saying make sure that you’re tasting each dish with the right amount of
What would you do with the $25,000?First of pay on some of bills then buy a house and buy a new vehicle and then take my family on a vacation. Then I would donate some to the American cancer foundation as I’m a 2 time cancer survivor if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have received the treatments that I needed.
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