Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Cooking is my passion. I am a single mom of 5. I would love to use the money to start my own soul food cafe.
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Potato salad or spatchcock baked whole chicken. Anything soul food but I can cook anything from any culture!
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother. She is from Alabama. Everything was grown and cooked at home!
What would you do with the $25,000?I would take my kids on a dream vacation FIRST! Then use the rest to invest in a small, quaint cafe.
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