Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have been cooking for 25 years now and I love it. I knew I wanted to be a chef when I was a teenager and it's changed my life.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Growing up watching everyone on Top Chef and Gordon Ramsay and the list goes on. I used to watch Top Chef episodes before I went into my shifts.
What would you do with the $25,000?Honestly it would save my life. I was hurt in 2021 and in the hospital for over a year and I was out of work during that time and iv struggled since trying to get back on my feet again so it would literally change my life.
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