About
Robert Earl Deen (born April 28, 1970) is an American television chef, TV personality, and restaurant manager.
He is the second son of Paula Deen, and with his brother Jamie, he operated her restaurant the Lady & Sons, in Savannah, Georgia, until it closed, on July 31, 2025. He also frequently appeared on her shows Paula’s Home Cooking and Paula’s Party.
Deen and his brother Jamie had their own show, Road Tasted, which launched in July 2006. They eventually decided that they wanted to devote more time to their family restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, the Lady & Sons, which they ran with their mother, Paula, until it closed, on July 31, 2025.
In January 2012, Deen debuted his own cooking show, Not My Mama’s Meals, on the Cooking Channel, in which he tweaks his mother’s recipes to recreate them in a healthier manner.
Deen also served as the host of the Food Network cooking competition series Holiday Baking Championship and Spring Baking Championship. He is also co-host of the Cooking Channel series Junk Food Flip.
Deen has published several books, four of which are in collaboration with his brother. These include The Deen Bros. Cookbook – Recipes From the Road (2007), Y’all…
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