Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I come from a long line of cooks. My great grandmother and Grandmothers and my mother all cooked. It is my passion to love through food
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration? I have several. My grandmothers, my mom, my aunts, my cousins and my brother.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would use the money to expand my ministry, as I feed the elderly in my community as well as the homeless.
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