Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
It is my dream and to give my family a better life! Pay the way for a great future!
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I don’t know that I really have a signature dish! I love to cook everything and things I haven’t cooked I would love to try!
Who is your culinary inspiration?Oh my gosh the list is too long! Carla Hall, Antonia, Mark Murphy, Guy Fieri, Alex G, Rocco, Kevin Lee, NiNi Lee, just way too many to name!!
What would you do with the $25,000?Put a down payment on a home for my family and I to expand! And also expand my culinary instruments in my kitchen!!!!
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