Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have been a chef in casino kitchens in Nevada, but now I cook at home since my wife and son have special food needs
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Receive Text UpdatesI spent many years in Italian restaurants so pasta is in my blood. Pasta Putanesca is a family favorite but Osso Buco is the real family favorite
Who is your culinary inspiration?Grew up watching Graham Kerr and Alton Brown but Mom was my first inspiration . Great food that meets my family's special food needs is important to me which is why I cook and make special recipies for them
What would you do with the $25,000?Be able to pay off those nagging bills and treat the family to a little decadence for all the years I was working late hours and not able to be at the dining room table for dinner
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