Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I like to cook and I need the $25,000 for my son
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My son
What would you do with the $25,000?I’m thinking of investing it in buying a house for my son
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