Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I'm down home not fancy I make good food taste great I'll use the money to start a food truck
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Rachel Ray and Guy fieri
What would you do with the $25,000?Start my food truck
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