Paula Deen

Paula Deen is an American celebrity chef and television personality known for Southern cooking heavy on butter and comfort food.

Her career suffered significant damage after she admitted to using racial slurs, making her name shorthand for a particular kind of Southern white woman whose folksy charm masks casual racism: She went full Paula Deen at the family reunion.

television

Food Network

Culinary programming channel

cancellation

biography

Savannah

Georgian seaport or name

entrepreneur · hospitality · diabetes · family · sons · comeback · home cook · self-taught · grandmother · memoir

cuisine

butter

Solid fat from cream

biscuits · gravy · macaroni and cheese · collard greens · pecan pie · sweet tea · casseroles · deep frying · cream cheese · mayonnaise

controversy

racism

Prejudice based on ethnicity

N-word · scandal · backlash · boycott · sponsors · public outrage · media frenzy · fall from grace · cancellation · damage control

cookbooks

recipes

Instructions for preparing dishes

meal planning · ingredients · measurements

Categories
Opposites
cooking style and dietary philosophy

Paula DeenGwyneth Paltrow

clean eating · health food · Jillian Michaels · diet culture · Mediterranean diet

culinary sophistication and technique

Paula Deenmolecular gastronomy

Scientific study of cooking

haute cuisine · Escoffier · Julia Child · fine dining · Gordon Ramsay

cultural and political persona

Paula DeenAnthony Bourdain

Padma Lakshmi

Family

Paula

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G