Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have been cooking since I could walk I love cooking I'm always trying to learn as much as I can about my craft
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Receive Text UpdatesI love making cheesecake with caviar pearls I also love making different kinds of fried chicken I love southern food
Who is your culinary inspiration?Growing up my inspiration was Hell's kitchen I love Gordon Ramsey he is an inspiration to me since I was a little kid I used to love watching Hell's kitchen and it's inspired me to actually go to culinary art school
What would you do with the $25,000?I would make sure that my family was taken care of and then if I had any money left over I would use it to fund a food truck and I would give all the glory back to God and everything that I did just like I do now.
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