Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I believe I should be the favorite chef, because I will provide meals to those in need. This ensures that families in my community won't go
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My signature dish will have to be my Puerto Rican pastelon and my flan dessert.
Who is your culinary inspiration?The foundation of my culinary inspiration lies in the time I spent cooking with my mother as a child and my uncle Raul, who, although no longer with us, taught me the art of cooking at the age of 4.
What would you do with the $25,000?My reason for doing this competition is to help the families in my neighborhood. I will donate food to the nearby school pantries.
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