Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be favorite Chef. I feel I have what it takes to be on a cooking show
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Rachael Ray
What would you do with the $25,000?Purchase my Foodtruck
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