Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
All my life, I’ve worked on helping people smile, and much of that comes from the food I’ve prepared for family and friends; and strangers.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother. She was the first person to direct me in the kitchen.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would invest part of it into a business model to grow a start up kitchen. At my age, it might be difficult, but I’m welling to try.
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