Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I've been creating tasty dishes since I was a child, and I would most definitely love to be the next Favorite Chef.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother and my mother
What would you do with the $25,000?Clear some debt and open a food truck.
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