Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My whole career has been the development of my staff and chefs. Now the opportunity could be mine!
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration is every different restaurant and place I stop in. I remember one of my dishes inspiration came from Disney World one year!!
What would you do with the $25,000?I would split the money for both my sons who are type-1 diabetics and open accounts so they would always have some money to pay for insulin and supplies. So expensive!!!!!!
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