Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
$25K would help me get back on my feet and start a catering business that everyone keeps telling me I should open.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My mom and my family
What would you do with the $25,000?First pay my bills then I would invest in myself by opening a catering business.
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