Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook, It's not a job for me. Good food bring people together, no matter what's going on in life.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My granny
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to have my own resturant one day, so invest it in that to make my dreams come true!
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