Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook it’s a creative art form. i like making myself and family proud. and a smile on faces of everyone who eats my meals.
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Receive Text UpdatesBroiled salmon with fresh basil and dill in a butter and white wine sauce over jasmine rice. Adding mango slices for the occasion.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother
What would you do with the $25,000?Take the trip I promised my late mother to Italy she wasn’t able to make. And give money to my young nieces. Anything left over I’ll go take another course in education in culinary arts.
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