James Linton Deen Jr. (born June 29, 1967) is an American cook, restaurateur, and TV personality. He is the first and oldest son of culinary celebrity

Paula Deen Paula Ann Hiers Deen (born January 19, 1947) is an American chef, cookbook author, and TV personality. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has pu ...

. With his younger brother,

Bobby Bobby or Bobbie may refer to: People *Bobby (given name), a list of names * Bobby (surname), a list of surnames * Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh * Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea * Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwrit ...

, he runs her restaurant, The Lady & Sons, in

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Brita ...

. Deen also frequently appeared on his mother's show, ''

Paula's Home Cooking ''Paula's Home Cooking'' is a Food Network show hosted by Paula Deen. Deen's primary culinary focus was Southern cuisine and familiar comfort food popular with Americans. Over 135 episodes of the series aired between 2002 and 2012. Food Network an ...

''. He and his brother had their own program, '' Road Tasted'', starting on July 11, 2006. The Deen brothers eventually decided that they wanted to devote more time to their family restaurant, and thus did not continue on as hosts of ''Road Tasted''. The original show has since changed to ''Road Tasted with the Neelys'', featuring the

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hosts Pat and Gina Neely.

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