Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am a great chef and love all flavors of food.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother, she taught us how to cook mainly from scratch
What would you do with the $25,000?I will continue my journey and start small with a booth to selling my special dessert
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