Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
This is something I wanted my whole life to cook for the people all over the world
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Receive Text UpdatesI love to mix and make up dishes of my own but I love anything with Italian shrimp scampi
Who is your culinary inspiration?Wolfgang Puck, José Andrés, and Gordon Ramsay
What would you do with the $25,000?I want to open up a food truck or a small cafe
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