Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have three children and I do everything for them. To be Carla's favorite would def allow me to have them back in my life, long story.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Marco Pierre White, Jean-Louis Palladin and Escoffier
What would you do with the $25,000?Give it to my children
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