Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Been professionally cooking for 16 years love making everything in house have the passion. It's how I take care of my family of 6 kids
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Receive Text UpdatesCrispy skin salmon with roasted tri color potatoes and mixed pickled veg. A mean espresso creme Brule.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Marco Pierre White and Anthony Bourdain in my main man Gary kleinfelter
What would you do with the $25,000?I would use it to further my culinary passion and take care of my ever growing family putting it back into the restaurant that I work at now because it has the potential to be something even greater than it already has become
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