Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Found the passion for food late in life .realizing feeding people makes you happy is a real joy would love to cook for a living in my town
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Ild have to say food network and Gordon Ramsey
What would you do with the $25,000?Donate some and family vacation
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