Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I enjoy creating delicious and appealing edible works of art! I love to feed foodies! I savor every day in the kitchen to the fullest!
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Receive Text Updates“GADO-GADO” with grilled shrimp: an Indonesian steamed cabbage salad with sliced cucumbers, hard-boiled eggs, julienned carrots, Roma tomatoes, bean sprouts and topped with a creamy coconut peanut sauce and crushed peanuts, fried onions and cilantro!
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother Marie and my sisters Clara, Silvana and my twin sister Louise! Great chefs run in our family bloodline!
What would you do with the $25,000?I’d start a catering company and buy a food truck or food cart to serve others in need of good food and a good companionship! I would like to feed struggling people delicious, healthy food and educate them on how they can use community resources (food pantries) to continue to eat healthy on their own! I would like to go out into my community and drive around, like an ice cream truck with Tom Petty music blasting! I would teach people how to fish instead of just feeding them one single f
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