Paula Deen

Paula Deen (born January 19, 1947, Albany, Georgia, U.S.) is an American chef who popularized the cuisine of the American South through restaurants, cookbooks, and television programs. Aside from her culinary creations, her appeal lay largely in her rags-to-riches story, her distinctive Southern accent, and her warm and welcoming public persona. Deen grew up in southwestern Georgia, not far from the site where her ancestors had operated a cotton plantation in the mid-19th century. She...