Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Passion has always been to leave people better off than how I found them. Cooking for crowds allows me to live that purpose.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Mom and grandma and wife
What would you do with the $25,000?I’ve been diagnosed with ALS. I would use money to help pay medical costs
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