Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Been in this business since I was 12. Left the business after I had a son became a cafeteria manager, a.k.a. lunch lady. He is graduating
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Receive Text UpdatesThat is a hard question. My favorite is Sunday gravy and meatballs.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I have a lot of people that I look up to. I had to start cooking because my parents are always working. I had a lot of failures, but a lot of successes too. I was cooking for my family when I was nine years old.
What would you do with the $25,000?My dream is to teach cooking too special needs kids. I have always had a special need child working in my kitchen and they are so innocent and so sweet and they make me happy.
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