Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I want the world to see what I have been training for for the last 37 years
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Feran Adria, Charlie Trotter, Charlie Palmer, Voltaggio Brothers, Gordon Ramsey, Heston Blumenthal
What would you do with the $25,000?Renovate my kitchen at home or travel to Southeast Asia
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