Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook since I was a kid! Unfortunately I couldn’t follow my dream to be chef but I’m working to open my food truck in Richmond VA
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Receive Text UpdatesFeijoada a Brazilian dish made with pork black beans sausage bacon, and green collards, rice, oranges, farofa (Brazilian mix of yuka flour) as sides!
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother and my mom
What would you do with the $25,000?Finish my food truck project
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