My 25th Birthday Recipe contest Fiesta- (the culinary milestone of my life) histroy of me as a person

hello reader's as you may know I am turning 25 tomorrow very special for my time of my life as a person and as a food blogger. so I will share photos of when I was little to the time my mom has spinal cord surgery to my launch of chef ava marie! so let's go back to my youth

 this is me when I was about 4 years old, I was first being diaganosed with autism I didn't talk until I was 6. my mom was blown away and has a best friend to talk to like me. I wasn't sure if I wanted to be a chef, but I did love to take photos of random people in grade school because in the early 1990s there were no facebook at the time it feel like the 1980s in my generation, as a kid I love hanging out with teenagers mostly my sister's friends and other adults away older than my age. I wasn't into my peers until high school and really made connections with them that time I was so mature for being a 10 year just how life is, just good  people good times and love. at age 13 I began cooking and been cooking ever since by watching Emeril lagasse and he inspired to to cook for my family and inspired me to get out there and make a difference in your special needs community. so that's all about me as a kid to my teen years

after school year ended at el camino high, here's a true story, I always wanted to go to culinary school, but that didn't happen and why- because I has a learning disability and had to attend a transistion program until age of 22 years of age. it wasn't easy, but I hung in there and the staff were very nice at Canada college. I really like Mr.Kc Anderson, he didn't want me to call him Mr.anderson he said to call him Mr.Kc and he seems to like that, others students call him KC but I wanted to be professional as a student who was a half normal half special needs (which was me) the teacher's aides In the classroom were Ms.diaz, she only stayed for the first 2 years in my college and Mr.Nia and Mr.Sinor they were cool too! but Mr.Nia was really nice to me and he was a awesome story teller and he loved to Joke around myself and my classmates too! he had a dog he really love name Syria and he loves that dog. I also didn't forget my workability Job Coaches Donna, Annie and Lou and Former Vocational Ed Specialist known as managers, Jerry and now Jeanette. they all taught me a lot about what is like to be a professional on the job and I took very serious cues from them and took them away to my next career to come. and being a food blogger and the camp counselor is the best job I ever have, I am adding another job sometime this fall, I might get a job as a café worker for the school district or as a food prep for a starbucks food factory, through Communty Gatepath Job Training program for special needs, so these are my 2 jobs that really need me and which one is going to hire me, so i'll find out and will let you know on facebook.

in 2009 something dear to my heart has happened, my mom broke her neck and she went under the knife and I was in panic attack on how I will lose my mom, I was crying, but she is better now and is a true miracle, she has spinal cord injury and I care for her daily too! and she loves my soup recipes and she is the quiche master and this lady picture above next to me is my mother she doesn't have black hair like me she has golden brown hair and is a delight so I love you mom you work hard raising me the best way you can!

more about my cooking I began interested in competing in 2010 after watching chopped I wanted to put myself out there so in 2010 won best in show for casserole division. later won 11 more ribbons and still proud of my culinary creations. and I also compete in chili cook-offs so this year will be my 2nd year competing and wish me the best of luck in September. so in 2010 I wanted to be a inner chef, so I created chef ava marie and it became a success and It really, saved my life and after all I don't need a culinary degree to be a success and that's my motto now than when I was a teenager, I have changed completely and I am funny at time, but will always be a sweet and kind person as always

so that's all about me as a now 25 year old so I am launching something for all my facebook fans

 

 

I am doing a 25th Birthday Recipe contest, a online contest you can enter only online

 

so here are the rules

 

the recipes must be original

 

they should not be from the cookbook, internet source or magazine must be your own.

 

there will be prizes for the top 5 winners will surprise you towards the end

 

you can like my page and enter at www.facebook.com/chefavamarie

or your can email me at Chefavamarie@hotmail.com

 

the deadline is July 26th at 11am postmark, but sooner the better

 

this is open for anyone, from amatuers, restaurant chef, food bloggers and cooking instrutors

16 and older

 

so let's get the party Started