Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be the Favorite Chef because I cook food everyone identifies with since it makes folks think of home and that safe, cozy feeling.
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Receive Text UpdatesI am a BBQ pitmaster. I cook eastern NC whole hog BBQ. I also cook other dishes as well. My main interest is southern cuisine.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother who could really cook southern dishes. I also am a big fan of pitmaster Rodney Scott.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would continue to cook and expand my BBQ catering/pig pickin’ business.
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