Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Been cooking for many years . I specialize in mexican cuisine . Cajun food..And I'm a pit master chef. Would like to open my own restaurant
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Chef Gordon Ramsey
What would you do with the $25,000?I would put that toward opening a restaurant.
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