Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I would like to be on favorite chef to finally be able to show the world what I am capable of.
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Receive Text UpdatesI have a few signature dishes Oxtail pizza Soul food with fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and collard greens Birria tacos
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother and Alton Brown
What would you do with the $25,000?I would finally open a food truck
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