Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My love for this craft is overwhelming , I enjoy seeing people eating my food not taking just eating and shaking their heads with excitement
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Receive Text UpdatesI really don't have a signature dish, I cook from the heart and my soul.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I don't have just 1 person that inspires me, I have a village of people that inspires me my children, people that eats my food sitting there smiling with joy cause of my food.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would start my own pop up food business.
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