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

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Tim Williamson

I'm just a small town chef competing my way through it. If I win, my goal is to help kids get a chance to come, compete, and learn.

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What is your signature dish?

My dish well it's open fire whole hog a (Cochon de Lait). This is the cajun style of slow roasting of a small sucking pig.

Who is your culinary inspiration?

My inspiration is my culture from all over Louisiana. Louisiana its self is a mix of flavor and cooking concepts from all over the world. I try to blend them all into a style of my very own, from taste and techniques to the visual concepts of food. My take is food is as simple as a morning biscuit and coffee to the feast at your wedding. No matter how big or small it's still and experience, it's something to share, and I want to make it special everyone.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I believe in helping others get into cooking, yeah I would love the chance to run my own restaurant. But seeing other get a chance to compete, learn, grow, and share knowledge. I am not perfect but I love to share my style of my craft with anyone willing to learn.

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