Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
All I know is food. I absolutely love serving people the food that I make!
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I don't necessarily have a signature dish. I am well versed in all foods. How ever protein is my specialty. I am a pitmaster and cook hundreds of pounds a meat a week.
Who is your culinary inspiration?The great late Anthony Bourdain
What would you do with the $25,000?I just purchased a restaurant on 4/30/26. I would reinvest a portion into the restaurant. The rest would go into my children's college fund.
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