Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

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Jorge Valencia

I think I should be the favorite chef because of my fusion and creativity I love to experiment whit sauces and spices from different culture

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in the Quarter-Finals

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What is your signature dish?

Pan seared crispy skin salmon whit thyme rosemary and butter , fennel cream sauce chard lemon wages and chive parsley oil

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My Inspiration is to create dish no one has try to work whit the gastronomy we grow up whit and from another’s country’s crest new things

What would you do with the $25,000?

I will send my mother on vacation the rest will save for a future restaurant

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