Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have been cooking since I was 16 years old and have always enjoyed. I believe I can help others by teaching them basic kitchen skills
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Receive Text UpdatesI'd have to say Posole ( a Mexican soup) I prepare it every New Years for friends and family to celebrate the new year
Who is your culinary inspiration?Martha Stewart, Chef Gordon Ramsey
What would you do with the $25,000?Get involved in feeding the hungry,perhaps go help Chef Jose Andres wherever he is
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