Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I want to learn more in cooking culture and finally create my own cookbook “impossible to possible recipes”
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Receive Text UpdatesI’m do more dessert but my signature dish would be my stuffed meatballs and rice
Who is your culinary inspiration?My inspiration is my grandmother she taught me everything I know with dishes and chef Grant Achatz seeing his work really inspired me to think outside the box of culinary arts
What would you do with the $25,000?To be honest I don’t really know but my one dream is to create my own cook book and keep learning different cultural dishes from other countries
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