Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’m only 24. I’ve been around restaurants since I was a baby .I’ve been around and worked with great chefs. Now it’s my turn to make my mark
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Who is your culinary inspiration?I’m from Cincinnati,Ohio so I can’t just pinpoint it to one person. I’ve been around all the Jeff Ruby restaurants when I was younger I wanted to be like that. Then later in early teenage years I wanted to be like Jimmy Gibson a Cincinnati Staple in the restaurant industry. Gibson used to work for Ruby’s then he started his own restaurant it showed me that you don’t need the big name to become something.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would just put it in my savings account. I would be smart with it I’ll save the $25,000 and use that if I needed it like an emergency fund. I love cooking and my favorite country when it comes to food is Spain so I’ll probably also take a trip there as well.
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