Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
This would be a great opportunity to help get my bbq and cheesecake business started
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Smoked ribeye with a maple bourbon bbq sauce, grilled yukon gold potatoes and crunchy asparagus tips
Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Luis Amado, former employer, pastry chef instructor and good friend Chef Matt Hinckley, former employer who taught me the way of smoking meats and to love what and why you cook
What would you do with the $25,000?First I would take my wife who is my biggest supporter and greatest critic on a well deserved vacation. Make sure we're sitting good financially, then get what I need to start a bbq and cheesecake business
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