Paula Marsch has entered a contest called Favourite Chef where the person with the most votes wins $25,000 and will be featured in Taste of Home Magazine.

"Well many who watch the Food Network would be familiar with Carla Hall", Marsch explains. "She's down in Nashville. She's a soul-food lover and she's hosting a contest. I entered and I happened to get accepted. I am not 100% sure how it's going to unfold because they've only released one set of rules so far. It starts June 12th and I'm going to be asking people to vote. That's how it's going to work, all on votes. If I can make it into the final quarter, we'd get to go to the studio and compete there."

Marsch jokes that it should be a different family member doing the competition. "In reality, it should be my son in the contest and not me", she says with a laugh. "Either way, it's a new adventure!"

Coking is very important for Marsch and her family. She says it's been a real bonding experience passed through generations.

"My mother all my life owned either a hotel, a grocery store, or a chip stand, and then later on we owned a cosmetic store together. I've worked side by side with my mom my whole life. Even on weekends, she'd call and say 'Get over here we're going to make perogies, get over here we're making cabbage roles'. She always loved to cook. I'm happy my son has taken on the same love and love language of food. It started with my mom and now my son and I are continuing the fun."

The competition is online focused and for Marsch, that's a mix of good and bad. "I know the process of elimination is online. Thank goodness I have some creative people in my family who can take great photos to show off. I have yet to develop the "smell app", I always say I wish people could smell my kitchen."

Cooking with family is number one but the chance to win $25,000 and be featured in a magazine is a pretty close second, according to Marsch. "It's all just surreal. But, I tease my family that if I win, we're going to buy a food truck. That was one of the questions when I entered is what would you do if you won? I said buy a food truck or take the family to Italy."

Voting for Paula Marsch to be the Favourite Chef starts June 12th and to vote, click the link: Paula Marsch | Favorite Chef presented by Carla Hall (favchef.com)