Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I like to make people happy by cooking a delicious meal and or dish.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Carla
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay down on a house so I can cook and feed the homeless, help the orphans and widows
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