Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have loved cooking my whole life. I work in the industry and still come home and cook for my family. My love language is cooking.
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Receive Text UpdatesHunters Chicken, sauces and foods with a complex flavor profile. I love to build depth and body in to food and packaging dishes with flavor.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother was my first inspiration I would always try to sneak ingredients in to her food, so she would have me help by making dressing and stirring sauces. I also watched chefs on TV like Julia Child, Paul Prudhomme, Jacques Pepin and The Swedish Chef of course. “Bork, Bork, Bork”
What would you do with the $25,000?Home improvements and a dream kitchen to entertain and feed friends and family with my food creations.
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