Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I think I would be the chef's favorite because anything you put in front of me I can turn it into a meal. I'll turn nothing into som
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother Bernice Baker
What would you do with the $25,000?Open up a deli sandwich shop
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