Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the Favorite Chef because I don’t only love cooking I live for it. How I match food and flavors is a love language for me.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?I grew up watching Gordon Ramsey but my mom and grandma made me love being in the kitchen. I craze cooking because of how great they were and are.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would publish a cookbook and finish working on my food truck so I can create and sell my food products.
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