Paula Deen

Paula Deen has sold over 11 million copies of her 18 cookbooks. Deen’s first live tour, “Paula Deen Live!” commenced in June 2014, and featured cooking demonstrations, games, and stories with Paula and her fans. The Lady & Sons, the Savannah, Georgia restaurant Paula founded with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen, remains one of the country’s most popular regional restaurants. In 2015, Paula launched her first free mobile game, Paula Deen’s Recipe Quest, in addition to her podcast, What’s Cooking with Paula Deen, and radio show, Get Cooking with Paula Deen. That same year, Paula premiered her first show on EVINE Live and launched a pet food line with Hugs called Paula Deen Hugs Premium Select Pet Food. In the fall of 2015, Paula released her cookbook, Paula Deen Cuts The Fat: 250 Favorite Recipes All Lightened Up, which reached The New York Times Best Sellers List in under a week. Simultaneously, she competed in the twenty-first season of ABC’s hit show “Dancing with the Stars,” and successfully made it halfway through the competition. Her upcoming book, At the Southern Table with Paula Deen, features 150 classic recipes and will be released on September 26, 2017. During the last couple of years, Paula has opened four new restaurants, including Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen in Pigeon Forge, TN and Myrtle Beach, SC; Paula Deen’s The Bag Lady in Pigeon Forge, TN and Paula Deen’s Creek House in Savannah, GA. She recently launched her new syndicated lifestyle show, Positively Paula. Deen’s robust social media following includes Facebook (4,588,636 likes), Twitter (1.44 million followers) and Pinterest (284,300 followers). Paula Deen Ventures is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, with offices in New York.