Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I run a Cooking Club at the school I work and would love to learn new recipes and techniques to show my students, who are young men.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother, who could make any meal seem like it came from a 5 star restaurant
What would you do with the $25,000?Set up a college fund for my grandson, take a small vacation and buy much needed equipment for my cooking club
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