Paula Deen Net Worth

Paula Ann Hiers Deen, known simply as Paula Deen, is a famous American television chef, author, cook, television host, as well as a restaurateur. Paula Deen rose to prominence as a chef with a cooking show called “Paula’s Home Cooking”, which aired on the “Food Network” from 2002 until 2013. The show primarily focused on simple and familiar recipes, and avoided over-complicated dishes. Largely due to the popularity of the show, Deen received an opportunity to star alongside Orlando Bloom, Alec Baldwin and Kirsten Dunst in Cameron Crowe’s film “Elizabethtown”, in which she played the role of Aunt Dora. However, “Paula’s Home Cooking” received a lot of criticism for high-calorie meals, as well as Deen’s blunt and racial jokes, which were the main reason for the cancellation of the show by the network. Aside from “Paula’s Home Cooking”, Paula Deen launched a new cooking show entitled “Paula’s Party”, which premiered on television screens in 2006. Even though the series had a similar premise, it placed more focus on the audience’s participation in the show. That same year, Deen was featured in a television series called “Cheforgraphy”, which provides biographies of famous chefs.

Paula Deen Net Worth $10 Million

A well-known television host and cook, how rich is Paula Deen? According to sources, in 2013 she earned $500,000 per every episode of “Paula’s Home Cooking”, and that same year earned an annual salary of $17 million. In 2014, Deen signed an investment deal with “Najafi Companies”, which amounted to $75 million. In regards to her overall wealth, Paula Deen’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million, most of which she has accumulated from her on screen appearances.

Paula Deen was born in 1947 in Georgia, United States. Deen learned cooking from her grandmother, as a way of coping with difficult reality, which involved the death of her parents, a divorce, and practically no money to raise her children. In order to earn money, Deen opened a business called “The Bag Lady”, which soon expanded into a restaurant, opened under the name of “The Lady” in 1991. Over the years, Deen has established numerous restaurants, the most notable being “The Lady & Sons” – which earned her the “International Meal of the Year” award – and “The Paula Deen Buffet”. In addition to opening restaurants, Deen focused on compiling recipe books. Her first book entitled “The Lady & Sons Country Cooking” was released in 1997”.

In 1999, Deen met an executive producer George Elliot, who helped her make an appearance in several episodes of a program called “Doorknock Dinners”. Three years later, Paula Deen debuted on television screens with her own cooking show entitled “Paula’s Home Cooking”. Over the years, Deen has hosted a variety of shows, including “Paula’s Party” and “Paula’s Best Dishes”, and guest starred in such series as “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-list” with Kathy Griffin, “Top Chef” and “Oprah’s Next Chapter” with Oprah Winfrey.

In regards to her personal life, Paula Deen was firstly married to Jimmy Deen, with whom she had two children. However, they divorced in 1992, and more than a decade later, in 2004 Paula Deen became married to Michael Groover.