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

Teotis Thomas

That 25,000 could really help boost my chef talents to the public! I’m literally changing the narrative of flavor, when I prepare my dishes!

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What is your signature dish?

Lamb Chops with garlic mash potatoes and fried green beans w/onion and smoked oxtails🔥

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My mother may she rest in peace! She could almost love you through her food! If I ever become as half as brilliant as her in the kitchen, I’d be the best chef foreal

What would you do with the $25,000?

I’d donate 5k to my non profit and buy a bigger smoker! Our non profit feeds the homeless weekly so the bigger the smoker the more we can feed. I’d use it to give away a free car which I’ve done over the last several years and take myself to Africa; a place I’ve always wanted to visit!!

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