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

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Stephanie Hughes

I chose culinary school at the age 58 after two hip replacements I always dreamt of having a small spot with good home cooking every day

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What is your signature dish?

Collard Green and smoked turkey bread, Sausage bread, sticky chicken with rice and gravy, crunchy cabbage.In the summer my signature dish is my homemade peach cobbler , with home made peach bourbon ice cream.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My mother and grandmother they kept us in the kitchen and taught us that cooking is all about the love you give it.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would love to open up a nonprofit children's cooking class age 4-12 years old they are the light to the future.

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