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

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Stefon Marquez

I retired after 50 years in the food service industry, and to be featured in The Taste of Home could be the cherry on the top… 👨‍🍳

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in the Quarter-Finals

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What is your signature dish?

Chicken roulade medallions w/ slow curry sauce on a bed of rice pilaf and seasonal vegetables.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

Emeril Lagasse Bobby Flay Thomas Keller Anthony Bourdain

What would you do with the $25,000?

Take my family on a cruise to explorer other countries cuisine. Working at my trade has made it difficult to get a vacation in with my family…

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