Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Being featured in the Taste of Home would be an amazing opportunity to share my passion for cooking and prayerfully start hosting catering
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Alex Guarnaschelli, Kardea Brown, Jet Tila, and Marcus Samuelson
What would you do with the $25,000?Invest in my cooking skills and spend on my girls softball program
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