Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be favorite chef because I love to feed people. I love to see their faces light up when they eat my food. Food is universal to all.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My late mother.
What would you do with the $25,000?Start a food truck catering business.
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