Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I find peace in making others happy with food I create. I was named Top GM for Chicken Salad Chick in 2025.
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Chicken n dumplings
Who is your culinary inspiration?Micheal Voltagio
What would you do with the $25,000?Put my daughter through college.
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