Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Quarter-Finalist

La’Shay Hines

I have a passion for culinary arts, I feel I can serve the world and food has a way of bringing us closer… It’s in my dna since I was born!

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in the Quarter-Finals

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What is your signature dish?

Gourmet Comfort Food! I do however have Jamaican and Gullah Geechie roots… and I Love Seafood!

Who is your culinary inspiration?

I grew up watching Emeril Lagasse, Racheal Ray and even Julia Childs. But my roots stem with my Grandmothers and Aunt.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Put it towards my culinary goals, my food truck or brick and mortar. Gods Plans!

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