Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’m just a self taught home cook, who loves comfort food and tender smokey meats.
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I make a pretty decent spaghetti sauce, I love making soups from scratch but I think the dish I'm most consistent with would be a smoked Brisket. All skill is gained from experience and I'm closing in on my thousandth brisket this summer, I better be good at it.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I grew up on Emeril and Pepin but I think it wasn't until I watched shows with Jamie Oliver and Bobby Flay that I realized you can be a great home cook without a culinary degree.
What would you do with the $25,000?A food truck, no doubt about it. A restaurant is fine but the mobility and freedom of a kitchen on wheels would be a dream come true.
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