Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
The kitchen is my happy place. Sharing food I’ve created through the workings of my soul & hands is my love language. So let me love on ya!
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I make a mean pot of collard greens and my mac n cheese is to live for…as opposed to dying for.. And my dirty cabbage doesn’t last long in my household.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Firstly, my ancestors. After them it’s a mix between Patti LaBelle and Bobby Flay.
What would you do with the $25,000?I started an organization at my alma mater, the Dumela Alumni Council, that supports students of color in the department of Theater and Dance. We have been trying to start an endowment account that would supply annual scholarships for the students in the program. If I win, the money will go directly to an account for the students at Western Illinois University.
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