Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook and make people feel good and happy when they eat my creations
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Carla Hall Anne Burrell Big Daddy Bobby Flay Guy Fierari Alex Gornechele and Marcus
What would you do with the $25,000?I would get my dream food truck
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