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Love & Best Dishes: Family-Style Meal with Paula at Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen in Nashville, TN
Jul 29, 2026
Enjoy a Family-Style Meal with Paula at Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen in Nashville, TN - Enjoy classic Southern cooking at Paula Deen's restaurant in Nashville, TN!
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0:00
- Hey y'all, I'm Paula Deen,
0:02
and I am sitting here with friends and coworkers
0:05
in the Paula Deen Family Kitchen Restaurant
0:07
in Nashville, Tennessee.
0:09
I had a book signing this afternoon
0:11
and my face is sore from laughing.
0:14
I had so much fun with all of our friends
0:17
that come in,
0:18
and we have a beautiful little store here.
0:22
So anyway, look at our biscuits.
0:26
Garlic butter biscuits.
0:28
This is what we start you off with.
0:30
So I felt like that everybody in the South,
0:34
and I don't know if it's a Southern thing or not,
0:36
y'all can tell me,
0:38
but I feel like down South,
0:40
everybody had a grandmother
0:42
that would cook a big, wonderful meal on Sunday
0:45
and have the whole family over,
0:47
and laugh, and eat,
0:50
and enjoy grandma's cooking.
0:54
So, like I said,
0:55
it was called to my attention
0:57
that some people don't know about family style.
1:00
So we're gonna share our meal with y'all tonight,
1:04
and we gonna show you how we do it Southern style.
1:08
I think you'll like it.
1:10
Mixed dishes and everything.
1:12
But before I do that,
1:13
I want to introduce you to my coworkers.
1:16
This is Kathy,
1:18
Monica,
1:21
just right.
1:23
See, I'm calling, I'm gone name you Justin.
1:26
So if you don't mind, do you, Ryan?
1:29
'Cause I'm bad about renaming everybody.
1:33
And of course, Eddie behind the camera,
1:34
Ms. Connie works the front of the house.
1:36
You work the store don't you, Ms. Connie?
1:39
- Store sometimes,
1:40
we host during the summer time.
1:41
- Oh, okay, well we need you.
1:44
And this is King Jerome.
1:47
(people laughing)
1:48
He is a king of that kitchen honey.
1:51
He is the kitchen manager.
1:53
And of course I know that you would recognize this man
1:57
because he's done videos with me at the Lady and Sons.
2:02
Troy was the GM there and such a fine man.
2:07
And it was hard when my sons and I made the decision,
2:11
along with Troy,
2:13
that it was time to retire the Lady and Sons
2:15
after 35 years of the most beautiful business.
2:24
So I was so happy when Troy accepted the position of GM
2:32
here at our Nashville restaurant,
2:34
that means I get to keep on seeing him
2:38
'cause he was one of the things
2:39
that I was the most upset about,
2:41
so he didn't go too far.
2:44
- I'm happy to be here. - We happy for you to be here
2:46
and Jerome is even happier.
2:49
(people laughing)
2:49
Jerome's the happiest one of all, I think Troy (chuckles).
2:53
So the family style dinner,
2:55
we have choices.
2:58
We have the Albany,
3:00
which you choose two entrees and four of our sides.
3:05
We have the Savannah
3:07
where you choose three meats and four sides,
3:13
and the Georgia,
3:14
choose four down home dishes
3:17
and four of our famous sides.
3:20
And we have unlimited refills.
3:26
And this is our menu tonight.
3:28
Fried chicken, pot roast,
3:31
chicken fried pork chops, I love them.
3:34
Country fried steak,
3:35
that might be my favorite.
3:38
The spare ribs are succulent,
3:41
the chicken and dumplings,
3:43
fried fish,
3:45
and old fashioned southern meatloaf.
3:48
And these are our famous sides,
3:50
I was afraid you left us, Jerome.
3:53
Green beans, cream potatoes,
3:55
collard greens, candied yams,
3:58
cream corn, the best,
4:00
coleslaw,
4:03
poppy seed tossed salad,
4:05
which is delicious too.
4:06
Macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole,
4:09
buttered white rice and fried okra.
4:14
You wanna hear about the desserts?
4:16
(Kathy chuckling)
4:17
Gooey butter cake,
4:19
banana pudding,
4:20
and seasonal cobbler.
4:24
So y'all sit down,
4:25
drag up a chair and enjoy the meal along with us.
4:30
- Jamie Daley with Daley and Vincent
4:31
from the Grand Ole Opry.
4:32
Good to see you again. - Here baby, hold that,
4:34
good to see you.
4:35
When did we work together?
4:36
- We worked together,
4:37
it was the year that you were sponsored by
4:39
Springer Mountain- - Uh-huh.
4:40
- We still are,
4:42
and best I remember we had to run an auditorium, I think.
4:45
- Downtown? - Downtown.
4:46
- Yes, yes. - And see,
4:48
I still got the picture
4:49
and I saw you the other day I thought, I hate to bother you,
4:51
I'm gonna say hi again.
4:52
- Oh, Jamie, I'm so glad-
4:53
- You gotta come out the Opry again and see us.
4:55
- Because it's been years
4:56
and I have not been to the Opry
4:58
since it's right here by the restaurant.
5:00
- Well, you gotta come be- - Well how do I get there?
5:03
- I mean- - We'll put you
5:03
on the backstage list.
5:05
- Okay, but how- - I'll give you my email
5:07
and you just email me when you want.
5:09
- Okay, I don't email, I text.
5:11
- Well you can text me, okay.
5:12
(people laughing)
5:14
- Okay.
5:15
- We just had a new record released today
5:16
and all the cracker barrels
5:17
since you don't have records in your store.
5:20
- No.
5:21
Talk to these two ladies.
5:23
- I used to work for Cracker Barrels.
5:24
Okay, we could.
5:26
(people laughing)
5:27
- But yeah, that's- - Thank you guys.
5:29
- That seem all right, yeah.
5:30
- Thank y'all so much.
5:32
Thank you.
5:34
- But it's good to see you again.
5:35
- It's so good to see you, and thank you for-
5:37
- And congratulations on everything,
5:38
it's going well for you.
5:39
God blesses us every day, honey.
5:41
- Yeah, he does. - Everyday.
5:42
- He does.
5:43
- She's eight. - I'm eight.
5:45
- And how old are you? - He's 11.
5:46
- [Paula] 11.
5:47
- I'm three years older than her.
5:48
- I see that.
5:50
Is this y'all's first time?
5:51
Come on up here so I can hear y'all.
5:53
Is this your first time at this restaurant?
5:55
- Yes, yes.
5:56
- You've never eaten at Paula Deen's restaurant ever?
5:59
- No.
6:00
- [Paula] Well, I'm so glad y'all are here.
6:02
Where do y'all live?
6:04
- We live in Memphis (indistinct).
6:07
So we live three hours away from Madison.
6:09
- Oh, okay.
6:10
Have you ever been to Pigeon Forge?
6:13
- [Speaker] This record they wanted to use it.
6:15
- No. - No?
6:16
You have to get mom and daddy to bring you there,
6:18
we have a restaurant there
6:20
and it's on the island
6:22
and there's so much fun stuff to do.
6:25
A lot of rides and stuff.
6:29
So is it all right if I get a picture with y'all?
6:32
- Yes. - Yeah.
6:33
- I would love my picture with y'all.
6:35
We doing a fist?
6:39
We doing a fist.
6:40
Oh, we doing a twosie (chuckles).
6:45
Thank y'all for coming.
6:48
- You're welcome. - Hey thank you.
6:50
- [Paula] No, thank you.
6:53
They're precious.
6:54
Yeah, yeah. - I can hardly see your there.
6:56
- Over here? - Yes, right over here
6:58
on this other side with me.
7:00
Can you get a little closer? - Scoot a little closer.
7:04
She won't bite you.
7:05
(people laughing)
7:06
- I don't bite hard.
7:08
- Okay.
7:10
One, two, three.
7:14
No, behind him, I couldn't see your face.
7:16
- You did the love sign, didn't you?
7:19
- Yeah. - I like that.
7:20
- Yeah, I did this.
7:22
- Yes. - Thank you.
7:23
- It was a pleasure meeting you.
7:24
- Thank you darling.
7:25
- Your drum sticks is good.
7:26
- What?
7:27
- The drum sticks.
7:28
- Oh (laughs).
7:28
That's my favorite piece of chicken.
7:30
- Yeah, I like it.
7:31
- Get you some more.
7:32
- Thank you,
7:33
have a pleasant day. - Thank you.
7:36
- Y'all, that's the wonderful thing
7:38
about when I get to one of our restaurants,
7:41
I meet the most incredible people.
7:44
All right, we know we want fried chicken, right?
7:47
- Fried chicken. - Yes, absolutely.
7:49
- I think that since there's so many of us,
7:51
we probably- - Ryan, Brian,
7:52
what do you want?
7:54
- [Ryan] As long as there's collard greens.
7:56
- Collard green. - Collard greens.
7:57
Mashed potatoes. - Yeah.
7:59
- Corn. - Corn.
8:01
- Yeah.
8:02
- Salad. - There you go.
8:05
- She's eats healthy, you know.
8:07
(people laughing)
8:09
Kathy, she'll bear down and eat that chicken with me.
8:12
- Yes, you know I will,
8:13
that's my favorite.
8:15
(people laughing)
8:16
Charlie-
8:17
- Did you guys wanna do anything else separate.
8:18
- Yeah, well no, we got to finish our meat, right?
8:22
- I think we should definitely go with the ribs.
8:24
- Yes. - Okay, Eddie likes the ribs.
8:28
Jerome?
8:30
After being in the kitchen. - It's the pork chops.
8:32
- [Paula] Oh, I love the pork chops, I love them.
8:35
Miss Connie?
8:37
- Did you say chicken?
8:38
- Yeah, we got fried chicken coming, ribs.
8:41
- How are y'all for meatloaf? - Well sure.
8:45
- I'm good with it.
8:45
- If we're gonna eat, we better eat right?
8:47
- I know it. - Meatloaf.
8:49
- Okay, and I would love one piece
8:52
of country fried steak, please.
8:55
Two.
8:56
We want two. - Make it three.
8:58
- [Paula] Brown gravy or white?
8:59
Three. - Three.
9:02
- Might better do four juicy.
9:04
- Change the meat both to the country fried steak.
9:06
- Okay, yeah perfect.
9:07
Collards, mashed potatoes, salad.
9:12
- [Jerome] And cream corn with it.
9:13
- Cream corn. - Yes.
9:14
- Because that's like southern ice cream.
9:17
- I know it.
9:20
It's all so goods. - Yes.
9:24
- So good.
9:27
And I'm hungry. - Me too.
9:30
- [Person On Lap] Oh, let me see.
9:33
Oh, I need some new shoes. - Done.
9:36
(people laughing)
9:40
- Thank you so much. - You're so welcome.
9:41
- Thank you.
9:42
- You continue to be a good girl.
9:43
- I'll try by best.
9:44
(people laughing)
9:45
- Hi, hi.
9:47
- Hi.
9:48
- So - How are you?
9:51
- I just wanted to ask you, and this is Olive.
9:53
- Hi. - Oh, I love that name.
9:55
I have a granddaughter named Olivia
9:58
and I call her Olive.
9:59
- Is that.
10:00
This is so crazy.
10:01
And this is my daughter Stella.
10:03
- Hey, how are you.
10:04
Stella, when she was little,
10:05
we just bought her ornament for the year
10:08
at your store in, where were we at, Gatlinburg.
10:12
And I bought her the butter
10:13
'cause she used to sell the butter dish
10:16
and we used to call her a little Paula Deen.
10:17
So I just put her ornament this year is yours.
10:21
- Listen, I-
10:22
- [Olive] She used to steal the butter and start eating-
10:25
- She would eat the butter. - No.
10:26
- She would. - That secret.
10:28
- [Olive] She would just eat it plain.
10:28
- My grandchildren are the same way.
10:30
I used to put Butterballs on the table
10:33
and little Jack would snoop in and
10:35
(people laughing)
10:37
eat a ball.
10:38
- I'm like dying.
10:39
Can I get a picture. - Yes, please, come on.
10:43
- All right. - This is so crazy.
10:46
- All right, I got four or five.
10:47
- Thank you. - Good.
10:48
- Do you want one in it. - Thank you.
10:49
- Come on, let's go ahead
10:51
and get it. - I'll take one, thank you.
10:55
- [Paula] Where are y'all from? You on your honeymoon?
10:57
- Well, we got married in Pennsylvania where her family is,
10:59
but we're from Portland, Oregon, so.
11:01
- Oh, okay.
11:03
Well thank y'all for celebrating down here.
11:06
Yes.
11:12
Ryan, wipe the drool off the corner of your mouth.
11:17
- [Ryan] Yes ma'am.
11:19
- Look at that fried chicken. - Look at that fried chicken.
11:21
Look at that salad.
11:25
- Our grease free potatoes. - Yes.
11:32
Pork chops.
11:34
- Oh my gosh. - There's even that.
11:36
- Everything looks great.
11:37
- I'm gonna eat too much.
11:40
- Me too.
11:40
- Oh, where's our gravy baby?
11:41
- Can I give you that.
11:43
May we get a side- - Listen we will sleep
11:44
real good tonight - Of brown gravy too?
11:45
- Yes we will.
11:46
- And white gravy.
11:47
- How early do we have to get up tomorrow
11:48
for our plane ride?
11:50
Oh.
11:52
(people laughing)
11:57
I am not a morning person.
11:59
Can we say a little blessing first?
12:01
- [Connie] Oh yes.
12:02
- Who would like to ask the blessing?
12:06
- Troy.
12:08
- Jerome.
12:09
- [Jerome] Yeah sure.
12:10
- Jerome. - Thank you, Jerome.
12:11
- Troy. - Oh Troy.
12:13
(people laughing)
12:14
- Dear Lord, we thank you for this many blessings we have
12:17
and this beautiful food we have as well
12:19
and our time to spend with Paula
12:22
and the rest of our Paula Deen Family Kitchen family
12:25
and all of our wonderful folks we have here.
12:28
In your name, Amen.
12:29
- Amen. - Amen.
12:30
Thank you, Troy, that was beautiful.
12:33
That salad looks so good.
12:35
- Oh my gosh, it was my favorite.
12:38
- Well, is there dressing on it?
12:41
- Yes ma'am. - Yeah.
12:42
- [Jerome] Oh yeah.
12:43
- Well that's- - It's a poppy seed dressing.
12:44
- I love that poppy seed.
12:47
Well, I'll start if nobody else is.
12:51
(people chattering indistinctly in background)
13:01
- You shy? - Yeah.
13:03
- [Ryan] That's the best thing about family,
13:04
so everybody can grab some. - I know it.
13:06
So this is the way it goes, y'all.
13:09
It's each dog for himself.
13:11
- Paula would you? - Oh, thank you.
13:13
- [Kathy] I know you would love this.
13:14
- I do, I do.
13:15
And you know what,
13:17
I love legs,
13:18
but I'm gonna take this great big old breast.
13:20
- There's not a leg in there.
13:24
- Oh, y'all.
13:28
Since we retired the Lady and Sons,
13:31
I don't get our chicken now like I used to
13:34
because you can't duplicate this at home
13:38
unless you have a deep fryer.
13:42
This is the best fried chicken ever made.
13:45
- Ryan's like, pass it on around.
13:49
(people laughing)
13:50
(people chattering indistinctly)
13:54
- [Eddie] You can get plenty.
13:55
- Yeah, these greens are my favorite.
13:57
- Oh yeah. - I do too.
14:00
I like to put my greens on top of my mashed potatoes.
14:03
Oh yay.
14:05
- Now even more now.
14:07
- All the greens. - Oh.
14:11
- [Paula] This is the best fried chicken
14:13
in the whole entire world.
14:15
- We went with one little country fried steak.
14:17
- It's very good too.
14:21
- I heard, I heard
14:25
that you wanted a piece of chicken
14:27
and mama wouldn't order that.
14:30
Come on over here so I can hear you, baby.
14:32
- All right.
14:34
- So why didn't you get your chicken?
14:36
- Because they chose to not get the chicken.
14:39
(people laughing)
14:40
- Get next to Ms. Paula and take a picture.
14:43
- All right. - Well I'm gonna make up,
14:45
I'm gonna make up what mama wouldn't get you, okay.
14:48
- All right.
14:49
- You like thighs?
14:52
- Yes sir, I do.
14:54
(people laughing)
14:58
- I love you, you my kind of man.
15:00
(people laughing)
15:03
- Thank you.
15:04
- Huh? - Thank you.
15:07
- You're so welcome, honey.
15:08
You go enjoy that chicken.
15:11
- Yeah, you bet I would.
15:12
(people laughing)
15:19
- That baby wanted chicken.
15:22
- Oh.
15:26
- I'm gonna cry I'm shaking.
15:27
I'm sorry guys, I'm sorry. - No, you're fine.
15:29
- Oh my God, oh my God.
15:32
I love you. - Can we please get pictures?
15:33
- Thank you, honey.
15:34
And I'll return that love to you.
15:37
Are you a bride?
15:38
- No.
15:39
- She's turning 30. - It's just my birthday.
15:41
- Happy birthday.
15:43
Happy birthday.
15:45
Well, let's get a picture. - Okay, okay, okay, okay.
15:46
- Okay, sit right here on my lap.
15:47
- No way, I'm not doing that.
15:49
- Of course you. - Oh my God, you're kidding.
15:51
(people laughing)
15:53
I'm shaking.
15:57
No idea, okay, I'm so sorry.
15:58
Sorry, sorry. - Please don't be sorry.
16:01
- Okay.
16:03
- Do you wanna sit? - Sure.
16:05
- Okay.
16:06
(people laughing)
16:07
Other leg, baby, other leg.
16:08
There you go.
16:09
(people laughing)
16:11
- Okay, one, two, three.
16:13
Oh my God.
16:14
(people laughing)
16:16
- And then I promise. - This leg.
16:17
- Listen, I can't, I can't do it.
16:20
(people laughing)
16:23
Look at me I'm like stretching back like.
16:24
(people laughing)
16:25
- I love it, oh my gosh.
16:26
- Thank you so much. - Oh my God,
16:28
y'all got me crying.
16:30
Well, I hope that y'all enjoyed sharing time with my friends
16:34
and the food, look.
16:38
It was so good, so good.
16:42
I want that last piece of country fried steak so bad,
16:45
where is it?
16:47
Oh, it's there.
16:48
I can't do it though.
16:50
Come on Ryan, you can do it.
16:52
(people laughing)
16:53
And Eddie, you got three more slabs of ribs to eat.
16:56
(Paula chuckling)
16:59
So thank y'all very much.
17:00
If you're ever near Pitching Forge,
17:03
Nashville, Tennessee,
17:04
Branson, Missouri,
17:05
or Myrtle Beach,
17:07
drop in and see us.
17:09
We'd love to have you.
17:11
Love and best dishes,
17:13
aint that what we tell everybody?
17:15
- [Together] Yes.
17:15
- Love and best dishes.
17:18
Eddie, we need to see you.
17:21
(people laughing)
17:25
Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
17:27
Now, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to like it
17:31
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