Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I have the drive and heart for great tasting food
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Receive Text UpdatesRight now it’s cooking all kinds of different pizzas in the pizza oven I built in my back yard
Who is your culinary inspiration?To learn more and put out food that’s never forgotten
What would you do with the $25,000?Invest in more education about food maybe go to a cooking school
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