Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to bake and cook. I’m a self taught chef and worked in the food and beverage industry
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My Grandparents and parents, esp Grammy Tringali. I was welcomed to learn in her kitchen, chicken soup, sour cream poundcake, stuffed mushrooms and artichokes… i have and still use her mixing bowls
What would you do with the $25,000?I would rescue a dog and have the funds to care for them.
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