Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I have the experience to be the best.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?I started working with my mom when I was 14, at her restaurant in a small town near Genoa; that is where my passion for cooking began.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would give this money to my daughter for college; she wants to become a commercial pilot.
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