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

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Isael Alvarez

I should be the next Favorite Chef because it will allow me to portray my personality through cooking.

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in the Quarter-Finals

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What is your signature dish?

Mole would have to be my signature dish. It pays homage to my roots, it also shows what helped develop my palate.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

Marco Pierre White, he portrays that as long as you cook with reasoning and keeping things “simple” the end result won’t fail you.

What would you do with the $25,000?

The reward would go towards the development of a new concept.

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