Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking for my friends and new friends at the Mississippi State University Left Field Lounge. Love feeding team members too. LFL!
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chief Emeril Lagasse is the Best Chief ever!
What would you do with the $25,000?Remodel my deck so I can invite more friends over to taste my new recipes and for my family and friends. Cooking for others is what I love to do. I am known as Chief PaPa J!
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