Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because cooking is my love language. I enjoy seeing joy in the people who I cook for.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Mom and Nona
What would you do with the $25,000?Fix up my house, donate to animal causes
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