Paula Deen

American chef
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Also known as: Paula Ann Hiers
Quick Facts
Née:
Paula Ann Hiers
Born:
January 19, 1947, Albany, Georgia, U.S. (age 77)
Awards And Honors:
Emmy Award (2007)

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 spent her early childhood at a small resort owned by her maternal grandparents, but she left at age six, when her parents purchased a gas ...(100 of 818 words)