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'''Paula Hiers Deen''' (born January 19, 1947) is an American [[cook (profession)|cook]], [[cooking show]] host, [[restaurateur]], [[author]], [[actress]] and [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[television personality]]. Deen resides in [[Savannah, Georgia]], where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, [[Jamie Deen|Jamie]] and [[Bobby Deen]]. She has published fourteen [[cookbook]]s. Though married in 2004 to Michael Groover,<ref name="Paula Deen – Biography">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508590/bio Paula Deen – Biography]</ref> she uses the [[surname]] Deen, from her first marriage.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bfeedme.com/paula-deen-a-short-history-of-a-fine-woman-chef/ |title=Paula Deen: A Short History of a Fine Woman & Chef - bFeedme: Cooking, Recipe and Food Blog |publisher=bFeedme |date=2006-05-16 |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref>
'''Paula Hiers Deen''' (born January 19, 1947) is an American [[cook (profession)|cook]], [[cooking show]] host, [[restaurateur]], [[author]], [[actress]] and [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[television personality]]. Deen resides in [[Savannah, Georgia]], where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, [[Jamie Deen|Jamie]] and [[Bobby Deen]]. She has published fourteen [[cookbook]]s. Though married in 2004 to Michael Groover,<ref name="Paula Deen&nbsp;– Biography">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508590/bio Paula Deen&nbsp;– Biography]</ref> she uses the [[surname]] Deen, from her first marriage.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bfeedme.com/paula-deen-a-short-history-of-a-fine-woman-chef/ |title=Paula Deen: A Short History of a Fine Woman & Chef&nbsp;— bFeedme: Cooking, Recipe and Food Blog |publisher=bFeedme |date=2006-05-16 |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Deen was born Paula Hiers in [[Albany, Georgia]],<ref name="TVG">{{cite web |publisher=TV Guide |title=Paula Deen Biography |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paula-deen/bio/195274}}</ref> the daughter of Corrie A. (née Paul) and Earl Wayne Hiers, Sr.<ref>Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', May 18, 2012</ref><ref>http://books.simonandschuster.com/Uncle-Bubbas-Savannah-Seafood/Earl-Hiers/9781439103425/excerpt_with_id/13191</ref> Her parents died before she was 23, and an early marriage ended in divorce. In her 20s, Deen suffered from [[panic attack]]s and [[agoraphobia]]. She then focused on cooking for her family as something she could do without leaving her house.<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | author=Julia Moskin | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/dining/28deen.html | title=From Phobia To Fame: A Southern Cook's Memoir | date=February 28, 2007 }}</ref> Her grandmother Irene Paul had taught her the hand-me-down art of Southern cooking; one of the only places she felt safe was at her own stove, making thousands of pots of chicken and dumplings.<ref>http://www.success.com/articles/1219-paula-deen-true-grit</ref> She later moved to [[Savannah, Georgia]], with her sons. In 1989, she divorced her husband, Jimmy Deen, to whom she had been married since 1965.<ref name="Paula Deen – Biography"/> She was left with only $200<ref name="TVG"/> and money was tight raising both her kids and her younger brother, Earl (“Bubba”). She tried hanging wallpaper, working as a bank teller, selling real estate and insurance.<ref>http://www.success.com/articles/1219-paula-deen-true-grit</ref> She then started a [[catering]] service,<ref>[http://www.ladyandsons.com/paula2.php The Lady & Sons – Paula Deen – Home Cooking, Fried Chicken, Collard Greens & Fried Tomatoes – Savannah, Georgia]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}</ref> making sandwiches and meals, which her sons Jamie and Bobby delivered.
Deen was born Paula Hiers in [[Albany, Georgia]],<ref name="TVG">{{cite web |publisher=TV Guide |title=Paula Deen Biography |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paula-deen/bio/195274}}</ref> the daughter of Corrie A. (née Paul) and Earl Wayne Hiers, Sr.<ref>Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', May 18, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Uncle-Bubbas-Savannah-Seafood/Earl-Hiers/9781439103425/excerpt_with_id/13191 |title=Books : Uncle Bubba's Savannah Seafood : Excerpts |publisher=Books.simonandschuster.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-27}}</ref> Her parents died before she was 23, and an early marriage ended in divorce. In her 20s, Deen suffered from [[panic attack]]s and [[agoraphobia]]. She then focused on cooking for her family as something she could do without leaving her house.<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | author=Julia Moskin | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/dining/28deen.html | title=From Phobia To Fame: A Southern Cook's Memoir | date=February 28, 2007 }}</ref> Her grandmother Irene Paul had taught her the hand-me-down art of Southern cooking; one of the only places she felt safe was at her own stove, making thousands of pots of chicken and dumplings.<ref name="success1">{{cite web|url=http://www.success.com/articles/1219-paula-deen-true-grit |title=Paula Deen: True Grit &#124; SUCCESS Magazine &#124; What Achievers Read |publisher=Success.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-27}}</ref> She later moved to [[Savannah, Georgia]], with her sons. In 1989, she divorced her husband, Jimmy Deen, to whom she had been married since 1965.<ref name="Paula Deen&nbsp;– Biography"/> She was left with only $200<ref name="TVG"/> and money was tight raising both her kids and her younger brother, Earl (“Bubba”). She tried hanging wallpaper, working as a bank teller, selling real estate and insurance.<ref name="success1"/> She then started a [[catering]] service,<ref>[http://www.ladyandsons.com/paula2.php The Lady & Sons&nbsp;– Paula Deen&nbsp;– Home Cooking, Fried Chicken, Collard Greens & Fried Tomatoes&nbsp;– Savannah, Georgia]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}</ref> making sandwiches and meals, which her sons Jamie and Bobby delivered.
[[File:Lady and Sons Restaurant owned by Paula Deen in Savannah, Georgia.jpg|thumb|upright|Lady & Sons restaurant in [[Savannah, Georgia]]]]
[[File:Lady and Sons Restaurant owned by Paula Deen in Savannah, Georgia.jpg|thumb|upright|Lady & Sons restaurant in [[Savannah, Georgia]]]]


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==Books and magazines==
==Books and magazines==
In 1997, Deen self-published ''The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking'' and ''The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking 2''. Both cookbooks featured traditional Southern recipes.<ref>[http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html#chess Food Timeline: history notes – pie]</ref> She has since published two more, written with Martha Nesbit. Deen has appeared on [[QVC]] and on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' (first in 2002, twice in 2007 and once in 2010). Her life story is featured in ''Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success'' (2007, Sourcebooks).
In 1997, Deen self-published ''The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking'' and ''The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking 2''. Both cookbooks featured traditional Southern recipes.<ref>[http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html#chess Food Timeline: history notes&nbsp;– pie]</ref> She has since published two more, written with Martha Nesbit. Deen has appeared on [[QVC]] and on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' (first in 2002, twice in 2007 and once in 2010). Her life story is featured in ''Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success'' (2007, Sourcebooks).


In April 2007, [[Simon & Schuster]] published Deen's memoir, ''It Ain't All About the Cookin'''. She launched a lifestyle magazine called ''Cooking with Paula Deen'' in November 2005,<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133895840.html Paula Deen Magazine to Debut – Business Wire]</ref> which claimed a circulation of 7.5 million in March, 2009.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-196358513.html Paula Deen at Universal – Furniture Today Magazine]</ref>
In April 2007, [[Simon & Schuster]] published Deen's memoir, ''It Ain't All About the Cookin'''. She launched a lifestyle magazine called ''Cooking with Paula Deen'' in November 2005,<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133895840.html Paula Deen Magazine to Debut&nbsp;– Business Wire]</ref> which claimed a circulation of 7.5 million in March, 2009.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-196358513.html Paula Deen at Universal&nbsp;– Furniture Today Magazine]</ref>


==Food Network==
==Food Network==
Deen's relationship with Food Network began in 1999, when her friend Erin Lewis introduced her to [[Gordon Elliott]], who then introduced her to her current agent, Artist's Agency owner Barry Weiner.<ref>[http://njmg.typepad.com/foodblog/2007/04/33_minutes_with.html SECOND HELPINGS: 33 Minutes With Paula Deen]</ref> Elliott took her through the city for a series of ''[[Doorknock Dinners]]'' episodes. She also appeared on ''[[Ready, Set, Cook!]]''. Deen was invited to shoot a pilot named ''Afternoon Tea'' in early 2001. The network liked it, and eventually gave Deen her own show, ''[[Paula's Home Cooking]]'', which premiered in November 2002. ''Paula's Home Cooking'' was originally taped in [[Millbrook, New York]] at the home of [[Gordon Elliott]], the show's executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/08/Taste/Deen_of_the_kitchen.shtml |title=Taste: Deen of the kitchen |publisher=Sptimes.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Cowen, Diane |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/travel/3731009.html |title=Meet Savannah's Biggest Star &#124; Chron.com – Houston Chronicle |work=Houston Chronicle |date=2006-03-19 |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> Deen mentioned in an on the March 13, 2006, edition of ''[[The Daily Buzz]]'' that the next batch of episodes of her show would be taped at her home in [[Savannah, Georgia]]. According to the first of those episodes, actual production at her new Savannah home began in November 2005.
Deen's relationship with Food Network began in 1999, when her friend Erin Lewis introduced her to [[Gordon Elliott]], who then introduced her to her current agent, Artist's Agency owner Barry Weiner.<ref>[http://njmg.typepad.com/foodblog/2007/04/33_minutes_with.html SECOND HELPINGS: 33 Minutes With Paula Deen]</ref> Elliott took her through the city for a series of ''[[Doorknock Dinners]]'' episodes. She also appeared on ''[[Ready, Set, Cook!]]''. Deen was invited to shoot a pilot named ''Afternoon Tea'' in early 2001. The network liked it, and eventually gave Deen her own show, ''[[Paula's Home Cooking]]'', which premiered in November 2002. ''Paula's Home Cooking'' was originally taped in [[Millbrook, New York]] at the home of [[Gordon Elliott]], the show's executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/08/Taste/Deen_of_the_kitchen.shtml |title=Taste: Deen of the kitchen |publisher=Sptimes.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Cowen, Diane |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/travel/3731009.html |title=Meet Savannah's Biggest Star &#124; Chron.com&nbsp;– Houston Chronicle |work=Houston Chronicle |date=2006-03-19 |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> Deen mentioned in an on the March 13, 2006, edition of ''[[The Daily Buzz]]'' that the next batch of episodes of her show would be taped at her home in [[Savannah, Georgia]]. According to the first of those episodes, actual production at her new Savannah home began in November 2005.
[[File:Paula Deen - Washington Nationals.jpg|thumb|left|Deen throwing out the first pitch at a [[Washington Nationals]] baseball game in Washington, D.C.]]
[[File:Paula Deen&nbsp;— Washington Nationals.jpg|thumb|left|Deen throwing out the first pitch at a [[Washington Nationals]] baseball game in Washington, D.C.]]
Since then, Deen has been given two more Food Network shows, ''[[Paula's Party]]'' and ''[[Paula's Best Dishes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cookingwithpauladeen.com/articles.php?id=34 |title=Articles |publisher=Cooking with Paula Deen |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> ''Paula's Party'' premiered on the Food Network in 2006 and ''Paula's Best Dishes'' debuted on June 8, 2008.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312719/ Paula's Best Dishes (2008)]</ref>
Since then, Deen has been given two more Food Network shows, ''[[Paula's Party]]'' and ''[[Paula's Best Dishes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cookingwithpauladeen.com/articles.php?id=34 |title=Articles |publisher=Cooking with Paula Deen |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> ''Paula's Party'' premiered on the Food Network in 2006 and ''Paula's Best Dishes'' debuted on June 8, 2008.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312719/ Paula's Best Dishes (2008)]</ref>


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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 2004, Deen married Michael Groover (born 1956), a [[tugboat]] captain in the [[Port of Savannah]], Georgia.<ref>[http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/chefbiographie1/p/pauladeenbio.htm Paula Deen Biography – Celebrity Chef Bio]</ref> Groover has two children from a previous marriage. The wedding was featured in a Food Network show in 2004. Their wedding took place at the [[Bethesda Home for Boys]] in Savannah.<ref name="famouslady">[http://savannahnow.com/2000s-anniversary-stories/2010-03-25/paula-deen-our-famous-lady#.Tjm-FK417zw Paula Deen: Our famous 'Lady"] Savannah Morning News, March 25, 2010</ref>
In 2004, Deen married Michael Groover (born 1956), a [[tugboat]] captain in the [[Port of Savannah]], Georgia.<ref>[http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/chefbiographie1/p/pauladeenbio.htm Paula Deen Biography&nbsp;– Celebrity Chef Bio]</ref> Groover has two children from a previous marriage. The wedding was featured in a Food Network show in 2004. Their wedding took place at the [[Bethesda Home for Boys]] in Savannah.<ref name="famouslady">[http://savannahnow.com/2000s-anniversary-stories/2010-03-25/paula-deen-our-famous-lady#.Tjm-FK417zw Paula Deen: Our famous 'Lady"] Savannah Morning News, March 25, 2010</ref>


Deen is a supporter of the Bethesda Home for Boys, and asked Old Savannah Tours to donate $1 to the organization for each ticket purchased for the Paula Deen Store ticket sale.<ref name="famouslady"/> In January 2012, she announced she has had [[Diabetes mellitus type 2 |type 2 diabetes]] for the last three years.<ref name="diabetes">{{cite magazine |magazine=People |date=January 17, 2012 |title=Paula Deen: I Have Type 2 Diabetes |author=Alison Schwartz |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20561703,00.html }}</ref>
Deen is a supporter of the Bethesda Home for Boys, and asked Old Savannah Tours to donate $1 to the organization for each ticket purchased for the Paula Deen Store ticket sale.<ref name="famouslady"/> In January 2012, she announced she has had [[Diabetes mellitus type 2 |type 2 diabetes]] for the last three years.<ref name="diabetes">{{cite magazine |magazine=People |date=January 17, 2012 |title=Paula Deen: I Have Type 2 Diabetes |author=Alison Schwartz |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20561703,00.html }}</ref>


== Other work ==
==Other work==
Deen made her film debut in [[Elizabethtown (film)|''Elizabethtown'']], starring [[Orlando Bloom]] and [[Kirsten Dunst]] in 2005. She played the aunt of Bloom's character, and her cooking was featured. A Food Network special, ''Paula Goes Hollywood'', aired in conjunction with the film's premiere.<ref>[http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_sp/episode/0,,FOOD_9994_40480,00.html TV : Food Network Specials : Paula Goes to Hollywood : Food Network]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}</ref>
Deen made her film debut in [[Elizabethtown (film)|''Elizabethtown'']], starring [[Orlando Bloom]] and [[Kirsten Dunst]] in 2005. She played the aunt of Bloom's character, and her cooking was featured. A Food Network special, ''Paula Goes Hollywood'', aired in conjunction with the film's premiere.<ref>[http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_sp/episode/0,,FOOD_9994_40480,00.html TV : Food Network Specials : Paula Goes to Hollywood : Food Network]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
In June 2007, Deen won a [[Daytime Emmy Awards]] (Outstanding Lifestyle Host) for ''Paula's Home Cooking''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/daytime_34th_creative_winners.html |title=The Emmy Awards – Winners of The Creative Arts Entertainment emmy awards |publisher=Emmyonline.org |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> In October 2010 she was selected as the [[Grand Marshal]] of the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]], and presided over the 2011 Rose Parade before the [[2011 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl Game]] on January 1, 2011.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11975149 Chef Paula Deen Named Rose Parade Grand Marshal], ''AP'' via ''ABC News'', October 26, 2010</ref>
In June 2007, Deen won a [[Daytime Emmy Awards]] (Outstanding Lifestyle Host) for ''Paula's Home Cooking''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/daytime_34th_creative_winners.html |title=The Emmy Awards&nbsp;– Winners of The Creative Arts Entertainment emmy awards |publisher=Emmyonline.org |date= |accessdate=2012-03-28}}</ref> In October 2010 she was selected as the [[Grand Marshal]] of the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]], and presided over the 2011 Rose Parade before the [[2011 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl Game]] on January 1, 2011.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11975149 Chef Paula Deen Named Rose Parade Grand Marshal], ''AP'' via ''ABC News'', October 26, 2010</ref>


==Criticism==
==Criticism==
Deen has faced extensive criticism for the high amounts of fat, salt, and sugar in her recipes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina-pirello/how-can-paula-deen-sleep_b_528975.html|title=How Can Paula Deen Sleep at Night?|publisher=The Huffington Post | first=Christina|last=Pirello|date=November 17, 2011}}</ref> She faced particularly strong objections with the release of ''Lunch-Box Set'', a cookbook aimed at children, with [[Barbara Walters]] saying of the book, "You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parentdish.com/2009/09/24/barbara-walters-says-paula-deen-makes-kids-fat/|title=Barbara Walters Says Paula Deen Makes Kids Fat|publisher=Parent Dish}}</ref> Celebrity chef [[Anthony Bourdain]] commented in 2011 that he "would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us."<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anthony-bourdain-elaborates-paula-deen-225526=Parent Dish]</ref>
Deen has faced extensive criticism for the high amounts of fat, salt, and sugar in her recipes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina-pirello/how-can-paula-deen-sleep_b_528975.html|title=How Can Paula Deen Sleep at Night?|publisher=The Huffington Post | first=Christina|last=Pirello|date=November 17, 2011}}</ref> She faced particularly strong objections with the release of ''Lunch-Box Set'', a cookbook aimed at children, with [[Barbara Walters]] saying of the book, "You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parentdish.com/2009/09/24/barbara-walters-says-paula-deen-makes-kids-fat/|title=Barbara Walters Says Paula Deen Makes Kids Fat|publisher=Parent Dish}}</ref> Celebrity chef [[Anthony Bourdain]] commented in 2011 that he "would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us."<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anthony-bourdain-elaborates-paula-deen-225526=Parent Dish]</ref>


On January 17, 2012, Deen announced that she had been diagnosed with [[Type 2 diabetes]] three years before, a disease for which a high calorie diet is a contributing factor to obesity, one of the diseases major risk factors.<ref name=nih>{{cite web | publisher=NIH |title=Type 2 diabetes - risk factors |quote=Excess body weight... |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002072.htm}}</ref><ref name=paula>{{cite web| url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2012/01/paula_deen.html|title=Paula Deen reveals diabetes diagnosis, won’t give up butter|author=Vicki Hyman|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=January 17, 2012|accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref> It was also disclosed that Deen is a paid spokesperson for the Danish pharmaceutical company [[Novo Nordisk]].<ref name=paula/> She was called a hypocrite for continuing to promote her high sugar diet while only disclosing her medical condition when it benefitted her in representing the drug company to market their diabetes management program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2012/01/paula_deens_type_2_diabetes_re.html|title=Paula Deen’s Type 2 diabetes revelation unsurprising, but hypocritical|author=Star-Ledger Editorial Board|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=January 17, 2012|accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref> Deen stated on the January 18, 2012 episode of ''[[The Chew]]'' that a portion of her compensation would be given to charities.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}
On January 17, 2012, Deen announced that she had been diagnosed with [[Type 2 diabetes]] three years before, a disease for which a high calorie diet is a contributing factor to obesity, one of the diseases major risk factors.<ref name=nih>{{cite web | publisher=NIH |title=Type 2 diabetes&nbsp;— risk factors |quote=Excess body weight... |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002072.htm}}</ref><ref name=paula>{{cite web| url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2012/01/paula_deen.html|title=Paula Deen reveals diabetes diagnosis, won’t give up butter|author=Vicki Hyman|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=January 17, 2012|accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref> It was also disclosed that Deen is a paid spokesperson for the Danish pharmaceutical company [[Novo Nordisk]].<ref name=paula/> She was called a hypocrite for continuing to promote her high sugar diet while only disclosing her medical condition when it benefitted her in representing the drug company to market their diabetes management program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2012/01/paula_deens_type_2_diabetes_re.html|title=Paula Deen’s Type 2 diabetes revelation unsurprising, but hypocritical|author=Star-Ledger Editorial Board|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=January 17, 2012|accessdate=January 17, 2012}}</ref> Deen stated on the January 18, 2012 episode of ''[[The Chew]]'' that a portion of her compensation would be given to charities.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 20:53, 27 October 2012

Paula Deen
Deen (left) in a public service announcement for Civitan International.
Born
Paula Hiers

(1947-01-19) January 19, 1947 (age 77)
Albany, Georgia, U.S.
Culinary career
Cooking styleSouthern
Current restaurant(s)
  • The Lady & Sons Restaurant, Uncle Bubba's Oyster House, Owens Shepard's Finest
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
  • 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Lifestyle Host
Websitewww.pauladeen.com

Paula Hiers Deen (born January 19, 1947) is an American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published fourteen cookbooks. Though married in 2004 to Michael Groover,[1] she uses the surname Deen, from her first marriage.[2]

Early life

Deen was born Paula Hiers in Albany, Georgia,[3] the daughter of Corrie A. (née Paul) and Earl Wayne Hiers, Sr.[4][5] Her parents died before she was 23, and an early marriage ended in divorce. In her 20s, Deen suffered from panic attacks and agoraphobia. She then focused on cooking for her family as something she could do without leaving her house.[6] Her grandmother Irene Paul had taught her the hand-me-down art of Southern cooking; one of the only places she felt safe was at her own stove, making thousands of pots of chicken and dumplings.[7] She later moved to Savannah, Georgia, with her sons. In 1989, she divorced her husband, Jimmy Deen, to whom she had been married since 1965.[1] She was left with only $200[3] and money was tight raising both her kids and her younger brother, Earl (“Bubba”). She tried hanging wallpaper, working as a bank teller, selling real estate and insurance.[7] She then started a catering service,[8] making sandwiches and meals, which her sons Jamie and Bobby delivered.

Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Georgia

Restaurants

Deen's home business, The Bag Lady, soon outgrew her kitchen. In January 1996, Deen opened her own restaurant, The Lady & Sons, in downtown Savannah, on West Congress Street. Within a few years, the restaurant moved to a larger building in Savannah's historic district. USA Today named The Lady & Sons the "International Meal of the Year" in 1999. The specialty is a buffet, which typically includes sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, deep-fried Twinkies, fried chicken, cheesy meatloaf, greens, beans, and creamed corn. Every meal is served with a garlic cheese biscuit and a hoecake. Her sons are also involved in managing the restaurant, which is popular with tourists to Savannah.[9]

In 2008, Deen opened another restaurant, the Paula Deen Buffet, at Harrah's Tunica Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.[10] It has an entrance facade modeled on Deen's home in Savannah and features Southern cooking.[11]

In September 2009, Deen announced a new dessert line to be sold at Walmart including signature pies Apple Crunch Top, Dark Rum Pecan, Old Fashioned Fudge and Gooey Butter Cake bars.[12]

Books and magazines

In 1997, Deen self-published The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking and The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking 2. Both cookbooks featured traditional Southern recipes.[13] She has since published two more, written with Martha Nesbit. Deen has appeared on QVC and on The Oprah Winfrey Show (first in 2002, twice in 2007 and once in 2010). Her life story is featured in Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success (2007, Sourcebooks).

In April 2007, Simon & Schuster published Deen's memoir, It Ain't All About the Cookin'. She launched a lifestyle magazine called Cooking with Paula Deen in November 2005,[14] which claimed a circulation of 7.5 million in March, 2009.[15]

Food Network

Deen's relationship with Food Network began in 1999, when her friend Erin Lewis introduced her to Gordon Elliott, who then introduced her to her current agent, Artist's Agency owner Barry Weiner.[16] Elliott took her through the city for a series of Doorknock Dinners episodes. She also appeared on Ready, Set, Cook!. Deen was invited to shoot a pilot named Afternoon Tea in early 2001. The network liked it, and eventually gave Deen her own show, Paula's Home Cooking, which premiered in November 2002. Paula's Home Cooking was originally taped in Millbrook, New York at the home of Gordon Elliott, the show's executive producer.[17][18] Deen mentioned in an on the March 13, 2006, edition of The Daily Buzz that the next batch of episodes of her show would be taped at her home in Savannah, Georgia. According to the first of those episodes, actual production at her new Savannah home began in November 2005.

File:Paula Deen — Washington Nationals.jpg
Deen throwing out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals baseball game in Washington, D.C.

Since then, Deen has been given two more Food Network shows, Paula's Party and Paula's Best Dishes.[19] Paula's Party premiered on the Food Network in 2006 and Paula's Best Dishes debuted on June 8, 2008.[20]

A televised biography of Deen was aired on an episode of the Food Network's Chefography program, in March 2006.[21]

In December 2007, Deen teamed with Cat Cora and faced Chefs Tyler Florence and Robert Irvine in battle Sugar on the holiday special of Iron Chef America. At the end, Deen and Cora won.

Deen also helped Pat and Gina Neely get their first Food Network show, Down Home with the Neelys.[22] During the summer of 2006, her sons, Bobby and Jamie Deen, featured the Neelys' Bar-B-Que Nashville location on their Food Network show Road Tasted. In September 2006, Paula ate at the Neelys' downtown Memphis restaurant and was impressed. In January 2007, the Neelys were invited to appear on Paula's Party,[23] which eventually led to the Down Home show. In July 2008, the Neelys would also take over Road Tasted from the Deen brothers.

In May 2008, Deen announced at the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show that she had signed a deal to host a talk show beginning in September 2009.[24]

Deen has appeared in public service announcements for Civitan International.[25]

On February 23, 2011, Deen appeared on the show Top Chef, and sat at the Judges Table.[26]

On July 17, 2012 Deen appeared on the FOX show MasterChef as a celebrity judge.

Personal life

In 2004, Deen married Michael Groover (born 1956), a tugboat captain in the Port of Savannah, Georgia.[27] Groover has two children from a previous marriage. The wedding was featured in a Food Network show in 2004. Their wedding took place at the Bethesda Home for Boys in Savannah.[28]

Deen is a supporter of the Bethesda Home for Boys, and asked Old Savannah Tours to donate $1 to the organization for each ticket purchased for the Paula Deen Store ticket sale.[28] In January 2012, she announced she has had type 2 diabetes for the last three years.[29]

Other work

Deen made her film debut in Elizabethtown, starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst in 2005. She played the aunt of Bloom's character, and her cooking was featured. A Food Network special, Paula Goes Hollywood, aired in conjunction with the film's premiere.[30]

Awards and honors

In June 2007, Deen won a Daytime Emmy Awards (Outstanding Lifestyle Host) for Paula's Home Cooking.[31] In October 2010 she was selected as the Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, and presided over the 2011 Rose Parade before the Rose Bowl Game on January 1, 2011.[32]

Criticism

Deen has faced extensive criticism for the high amounts of fat, salt, and sugar in her recipes.[33] She faced particularly strong objections with the release of Lunch-Box Set, a cookbook aimed at children, with Barbara Walters saying of the book, "You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?"[34] Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain commented in 2011 that he "would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us."[35]

On January 17, 2012, Deen announced that she had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three years before, a disease for which a high calorie diet is a contributing factor to obesity, one of the diseases major risk factors.[36][37] It was also disclosed that Deen is a paid spokesperson for the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.[37] She was called a hypocrite for continuing to promote her high sugar diet while only disclosing her medical condition when it benefitted her in representing the drug company to market their diabetes management program.[38] Deen stated on the January 18, 2012 episode of The Chew that a portion of her compensation would be given to charities.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role
2002–present Paula's Home Cooking (television) Host
2005 Elizabethtown Aunt Dora
2006–2008 Paula's Party (television) Host
2006 Chefography (television) Subject
2008–present Paula's Best Dishes (television) Host
2009 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (television) Guest star
2009 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (television) Guest star
2011 Top Chef (television) Guest judge
2012 Oprah's Next Chapter Subject
2012 Who Do You Think You Are? (television) Subject
2012 MasterChef (television) Guest judge

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  3. ^ a b "Paula Deen Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  4. ^ Stated on Who Do You Think You Are?, May 18, 2012
  5. ^ "Books : Uncle Bubba's Savannah Seafood : Excerpts". Books.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
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  14. ^ Paula Deen Magazine to Debut – Business Wire
  15. ^ Paula Deen at Universal – Furniture Today Magazine
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