Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
i am Rev Jasen Belanger - head chef with my group the Padre’s Angels and we cook for other organizations in town to help them
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is my homemade gnocchi with my homemade meatballs top with Romano cheese
Who is your culinary inspiration?Dom DeLuise and chef Pasquale Carpino and of course my Nonna and my mom
What would you do with the $25,000?This is an easy answer - to give a family in need - the Padre’s Angels are having a fundraiser to help a mother reunite with her children and other people in need in my community
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