Paula Deen's culinary TV career

February 26, 2014

Celebrity chef Paula Deen, most famous for her high-calorie, butter-rich Southern dishes, had a successful run on the Food Network before she was fired in June 2013 after admitting to using racial slurs.

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Paula Deen speaks at Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village Featuring MasterCard® Grand Tasting Tents during the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival at Grand Tasting Village on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 in Miami Beach, Fla.

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Paula Deen and founder of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Lee Brian Schrager attend the Bank of America Lifestyle Seminar Fried & True: A Fried Chicken Seminar on Feb. 23, 2014 in Miami Beach, Fla.

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Cooking show host Paula Deen visits the "Fox & Friends Christmas Special" in Manhattan. (Dec. 6, 2012)

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Celebrity chef Paula Deen in Manhattan. (Jan. 17, 2012)

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Al Roker speaks to celebrity chef and TV personality Paula Deen about her diabetes on the "Today." (Jan. 17, 2012)

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Paula Deen speaks in Pasadena, Calif. (Dec. 30, 2010)

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Chef Paula Deen at the announcement naming her Grant Marshall for the 2011 Tournament of Roses at Tournament House in Pasadena, Calif. (Oct. 26, 2010)

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Celebrity chef Paula Deen on the Food Network.

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Paula Deen with fried chicken, from the Food Network's "Paula's Home Cooking," which began airing in 2002 on the Food Network.