Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Every dish I create carries a memory, a culture, a moment worth sharing. I’m warm and engaging and have a gift for making others smile.
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My signature dish is Crispy Skin Salmon — and that skin is going to be golden, shattering, and perfect every single time. That's not a flex, that's just my standard. Now what surrounds it? That's where things get really interesting. I roll with the seasons and I cook with color — always. My co-stars are whatever the season is bringing to my table at the moment- roasted beets, charred corn, bright squash, fresh herbs, bold root vegetables — the sides are colorful, intentional,
Who is your culinary inspiration?My culinary inspiration is Kwame Onwuachi. He cooks with his whole heart, soul & heritage with an unapologetic approach to the diaspora of food from Africa and the Caribbean as well as The Bronx, NYC. This, is the food he grew up eating and he celebrates it
What would you do with the $25,000?With the $25,000 II will travel to several sites to find a location to start a wellness through food and movement resort partnered with my best friend.
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