Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I didn't know ,I loved to cook until I starting watching cooking shows,turns out I'm told I have a gift in making food taste good.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Gordon Ramsay
What would you do with the $25,000?Help my mom fix her house, get some good cookware. And a new stove.
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