Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be chef because I enjoy being around people meeting new people and I love cooking and learning how to make different and new recipe
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is my homemade fried chicken.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Carla and Darius Cooks.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would redecorate my kitchen
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