Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be on favorite chef to show the start doesn’t matter it’s how you keep going. I believe I can do whatever I put my mind to.
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I wouldn’t say that I have a signature dish yet, but generally known for good ole southern cooking.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration would be my great grandmother. She’s the reason I love to cook and started. She was the cook of the family and once she passed I just picked up the torch.
What would you do with the $25,000?Invest into myself and my career. I would get myself financially established, and I would love to start being a private chef. Or even become a great internet influencer to the cooking world, or both!
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