Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be Favorite Chef because cooking saved me. I’m raising 2 kids while turning struggle, growth, and passion into purpose.”
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Fried chicken, fried fish, seafood & potato salad, collard greens
Who is your culinary inspiration?Gordon Ramsey, Auguste Escoffier, Home Chef Tiny. My Big mommas, my brother. But mainly I cook for my family
What would you do with the $25,000?I’ll get my food truck started
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