Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
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Curry Chicken or Salmon, baked Mac and Cheese, and Collard Greens.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Gordon Ramsay, Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Sunny Anderson, Maneet Chauhan, G. Garvin, Marcus Samuelson, and Carla Hall
What would you do with the $25,000?Start up a food truck
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