Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I should be there Favorite Chef because I love cooking and learning new recipes to cook. I can talk to anyone & keep their full attention.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Carla Hall,Bobby Flay, Sunny Anderson
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay some bills. Take my husband on a much needed vacation. He's been very sick for the last few months. In and out of the hospital. We both need a break from hospitals and doctors right now
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