Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Food has always been my absolute passion since I was a little girl in the kitchen with my grandmother and is what brings family together.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother
What would you do with the $25,000?Open a food truck business
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