Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Im 68 yrs old I've been cooking and managing properties for 50yrs "!!! Im retired, but I still have it "!!!
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Receive Text UpdatesGumbo, Jambalaya, etoufee, baking , Im born and raised in Chicago, I learn how to really be great in the culinary field because of Vegas and the elders that showed me the real , deal , not culinary school books , I still have about 6 of them "!!!Experience has been a journey, from Chicago to Vegas , to LA , to San Diego, Atlantic City , opening the Taj Mahal for The Donald , to Minneapolis, Chef the the Timberwolves, Chef at Biscuit and Blue in Minneapolis, one is also in San Fran
Who is your culinary inspiration?Wolfgang Puck "!!
What would you do with the $25,000?Just purchased a food truck and teach my grandkids food so they can run the business "!!! That would be great "!!
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