Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

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Sharon Rodriguez

Show my kids & family that my dreams of starting my own food truck are not in vain, even at 51 years old!

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What is your signature dish?

Shrimp and fried grits with cajun cream sauce

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My grandmother (RIP 😢), she passed in 2013, and never got to see me develop my cooking skills to what they are today. And, my dad, a retired Army Mwss Hall SGT.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Invest in my dream food truck!

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