Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am a home chef. I have had a long standing dream to own my own restaurant and go to culinary school
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is curry chicken and rice. It's a childhood staple and it's ever evolving as I expand my experience in the kitchen
Who is your culinary inspiration?My parents are my culinary inspiration. My father is African American from the south and he taught me all I know about southern cooking. My mother is Panamanian and taught me Latin-Carribean cuisine. I draw inspiration from the food I eat as well inspiring all of my flavor fusions
What would you do with the $25,000?I would want to start my own pop up restaurant or take culinary classes and gain some hands on experience to eventually own my own restaurant
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