Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I was taught by my mother to start cooking since I was 10years old,I took a culinary class at a technical school. I cook with love,Cooking
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Receive Text UpdatesOxtails and butter beans served with rice and peas. But I have a lot more dishes that I love to cook.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother started it all,but of course Carla Hall.
What would you do with the $25,000?Buy a used U-haul truck and make it my food truck 🚚
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