Celebrity chef Paula Deen visiting her namesake restaurant in Myrtle Beach soon. Here’s when
Broadway at the Beach will soon have more than just the air of Paula Deen’s presence as her restaurant towers over the shopping center. Next month, Deen herself will be visiting.
The celebrity chef and author plans to visit her namesake restaurant, Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen, on Saturday, Sept. 10 at noon for a book signing.
“I am looking forward to finally getting back to Myrtle Beach. I love visiting with all my friends out there at my book signings,” Deen said in a statement. “I’m always honored to hear the stories and memories that they share with me—we laugh, we cry, we hug, and we have so much fun together!”
People interested in getting to meet Deen and participate in the book signing must first make a purchase at the restaurant’s store on the first floor. The first 250 people to do so will receive a meet-and-greet wristband “to have a one-on-one experience with Paula Deen.”
“I can’t wait to return to our fabulous Myrtle Beach location!” Deen said in a statement.
Deen’s restaurant is popular in the Myrtle Beach area and a frequent stop for first-time visitors, but the chef herself is not without controversy. Nearly a decade ago, she was pulled off Food Network after making admitting to making racist comments, including using the “N word.”
Since then, she has stayed out of the limelight for the most part with a short-lived TV show from 2016 to 2017 called “Positively Paula” and focusing on growing her Family Kitchen restaurants and writing more cookbooks.
Myrtle Beach’s Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen is one of six such restaurants scattered around the nation in from Branson, Missouri, to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The Myrtle Beach location first opened in 2017.
Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen is located in Myrtle Beach at 1202 Celebrity Circle inside Broadway at the Beach.
This story was originally published August 31, 2022 at 3:14 PM.
