Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I cook with all my heart and love to cook. I feel a good dish can bring people together.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is a smores cheesecake. I make a graham cracker crust with a toasted marshmallow cheesecake topped with a whipped panache and a toasted meringue on top
Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration is from when I was younger always making things for my sister's and then really fell in love with making desserts in my teens while working at a summer camp
What would you do with the $25,000?With the $25,000 i would open a food truck to sell my desserts and get started with my own business
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