Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have no idea how i got here. I love cooking. I love feeding people. It blows my mind people pay me to do this. Im living the dream.
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No self respecting chef has a signature dish. It changes all the time with atmosphere, with seasons, with what I feeel like cooking and eating and with what's available. Born in Texas raised in hawaii I would call my style "Southern hospitality, meets the Aloha spirit"
Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Allen Wong, Jose Andres, and my mom.
What would you do with the $25,000?Oof. Pay my bills. Have you seen this economy?!
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