Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook and try new recipes and learn new techniques to use. I like to cook everything from Spanish food to Asian and American.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother is my inspiration because she taught me how to cook and she was a great cook
What would you do with the $25,000?I would buy a car so I can get to work and I would take a vacation
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