Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I'm young and ambitious I believe I have what it takes to be the worlds favorite chef Im a home town favorite I know I can be yours
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Kwame Onwuachi
What would you do with the $25,000?Fund my dream of being a chef and to break the cycle and build generational wealth
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