Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I have that ancestral passion for cooking and am consistent for over 25 years
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My Grandma
What would you do with the $25,000?Expand my business and continue to share my excellence with my community.
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