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

Sydney Johnstone

It would help my reputation to grow my cooking class business. I'd like to invite celebrity chefs to join us in our country ranch kitchen.

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What is your signature dish?

Mediterranean grilled lamb kafta w vegetables and w tahini sauce,herbed bulgar pilaf, chop chop salad.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My mother and grandmother were phenomenal scratch cooks! They got me started helping in the kitchen about the time I was able to hold a spoon!

What would you do with the $25,000?

Help market my cooking class business. I'd like to focus more on teaching kids healthy habits and how to prep and prepare easy nutritious meals! Im conducting two , two day kids camps this summer. I want to grow my business and begin to focus more on kids cooking programs! The money would help me purchase more kids size knives, equipment, and help put together a professional brochure and easy to follow cook book with all the recipes for them!

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