Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I always stay humble with the people I work with I always cook with passion My goal is to make people happy every-time I make a dish
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Lester Hornilla
What would you do with the $25,000?Winning $25,000 would help me create more financial stability for my family, reunite with my loved ones in the Philippines after three years apart, take my wife on a vacation we’ve never had since getting married, and support my family back home, especially my grandmother who is currently ill.
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