VIP Details & Schedule

Have your cake and eat it too with this sweet package featuring all things Paula. In the morning, check into the swanky Chill Lounge reserved exclusively for our VIPs. The Lounge is stocked with refreshments and is a great place to relax in between your busy schedule. You can also store your new purchases or belongings here such as the MetroCooking apron and autographed copy of Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible that you’ll receive in your reusable MCES tote bag with the VIP ticket.

After checking in, we’ll escort you to the brunch where you’ll taste recipes from Paula Deen’s New Testament which is her newest cookbook releasing this Fall. After brunch, you’ll go next door for your photo op with Paula (and maybe Captain Michael too)! A professional photographer will snap a photo of you with Paula and print the photo right there onsite, so you can take it home in an autographed photo frame. (Nifty, huh?)

After the photo op, we’ll escort you to your premium seats in the Celebrity Theater where Paula Deen will present live. In the afternoon, you can enjoy the Marketplace featuring 100+ exhibitors selling and sampling specialty food products, cooking demos by local chefs, tastings, and entertaining workshops.

The VIP Chill Lounge will be open all day from 9 am – 6 pm and your special VIP credential will give you access to come and go as you please. This ticket also includes complimentary Marketplace General Admission.

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