Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
The reason why I should be chosen as the “Favorite Chef” is because cooking is how I show love, and that’s why people love my food.
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Salmon Alfredo w/ rigatoni pasta
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would use it to lease a commercial kitchen so I could have the opportunity to share my style of cooking with a larger community.
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