Paula Deen is taking her delicious southern cooking to Pigeon Forge
The beginning of Paula Deen’s comeback will be a new restaurant in the land of Dolly Parton–Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
The new restaurant and retail store will be called “Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen” and it will be cranking out some of the best fried chicken, sweet potatoes and collard greens 20,000 square foot facility near Gatlinburg.
CNN Money reports the enterprise will come out of her new firm, Paula Deen Ventures, which was launched just weeks ago with backing from Phoenix-based Najafi Media. It will have an operating budget of about $20 million.

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