Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My love language is cooking for my friends & family. I’m a reunited adoptee and pull in cooking traditions fromall sides of my family trees.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmothers, mothers, with a heavy influence of Vincent Price
What would you do with the $25,000?Create the kitchen of my dreams. Big enough to cook with, and for friends and family
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