Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking started cooking since 14 and now am 31 selling dinner from my home
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandma
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay all my expenses and build my food truck
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