Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I cook, not to be perfect, but to make people happy, and that is what I believe a favorite chef is.
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I love a nice thick cut bone in ribeye, great marbling, grilled or roasted in loads of butter and aromatics, with a peppercorn sauce (au poivre) or a beautiful whole fish like a Dover sole meunière style
Who is your culinary inspiration?When I was young it was mostly my mom and her side of the family, her mom, sisters cook all the time, and as I grew up, I look up to chefs like Alain Ducasse, Thomas Keller, Gordon Ramsay, Jack and Will of Fallow, just to name a few.
What would you do with the $25,000?It will be a great help in starting my own venture, whether a pop up or a brick and mortar, to help get my name out there and build a reputation.
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