Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking people love my cooking. My dream is to become a professional chef after all my time as a home chef
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Receive Text UpdatesBeef Wellington, or any beef pork or salmon dishes
Who is your culinary inspiration?Emeril Lagasse
What would you do with the $25,000?Go to the culinary institute of arts, buy a food truck to get started
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