Pat Neely

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Pat Neely
Born (1964-07-20) July 20, 1964 (age 59)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Spouses
Gina Neely
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(m. 1994;div. 2014)​
Tamika Parks
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(m. 2017)​
Children4
Culinary career
Previous restaurant(s)
Television show(s)
Website http://www.patneely.com/

Pat Neely (born July 20, 1964) is an American restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is the co-owner of Neely's Bar-B-Que restaurant in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. He and former wife Gina hosted two Food Network television programs, Down Home with the Neelys and Road Tasted with the Neelys . The pair also co-wrote a cook book. Down Home became the highest rated debut for a Food Network show within the "In the Kitchen" series, which appear on weekend mornings.

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Personal life

Neely was born in Detroit, Michigan, according to the Neely's episode of Chefography . He and Gina (née Ervin) [1] dated in high school in the 1980s. While Pat was married to another woman, Pat and Gina reunited at their 10th reunion. Both had been married once before, when the couple wed in 1994. [2] In September 2014, Gina filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. [3] [4] Together, they have two daughters: Spenser and Shelbi. [5]

Restaurant

In 1988, Neely and three of his brothers (Gaelin, Tony, and Mark) opened a barbecue restaurant in downtown Memphis, aided by their uncle, Jim Neely, a well-known Memphis restaurateur and owner of Jim Neely's Interstate Bar-B-Que. [6] Jim' Neely's sister, Beverly Neely, is owner of Jay-Bee's Bar-B-Que in Gardena, California, and her son, Curtis Williams, is the general manager.[ citation needed ] The brothers went on to establish their own reputations separate from their uncle's.

The enterprise grew to four Neely’s Bar-B-Que locations: two in Memphis and two in Nashville. On July 9, 2008, the location in Memphis' Mt. Moriah neighborhood caught fire. [7]

Pat and Gina Neely, and partner Abraham Merchant, opened a New York City restaurant, initially called Neely’s Pig Parlor.[ citation needed ] The restaurant eventually opened in 2011 as Neely's Barbecue Parlor.[ citation needed ]

In August 2008, they acquired a 2,000-square-foot (190 m2) space in mid-town Memphis slated to be a corporate headquarters. [8]

In 2008, their cousin (Jim Neely's son) opened Ken Neely's Hickory Bar-B-Que in Memphis. [9]

The two Memphis locations of Neely's Bar-B-Que closed in 2013. [10]

Television shows

Neely and his then-wife Gina were the hosts of two shows on Food Network: Down Home with the Neelys and Road Tasted with the Neelys . Down Home began airing in February 2008. Food Network personality Paula Deen helped the pair get their first show. [11] During the summer of 2006 her sons, Bobby and Jamie Deen, featured the Neely's Bar-B-Que Nashville location on their show Road Tasted . In September 2006, Paula ate at the Neely's downtown Memphis restaurant and was impressed. In January 2007, the Neelys were invited to appear on Paula's Party. [12]

The Neelys taped the sixth season of Down Home, which aired seven days a week on the Food Network. [1] Following the success of Down Home, the Neelys took over the Road Tasted show from the Deen brothers in July 2008, which was then changed to Road Tasted with the Neelys. Neely hosted Save to Win on Saturdays on The CW from November 5, 2016 to May 20, 2017.

Book

In May 2009, Pat and Gina released their first cookbook titled "Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook." Co-written by Paula Disbrowe, it was published by Knopf and featured a foreword written by Paula Deen.

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References

  1. 1 2 Biggs, Jennifer (13 May 2009). "Neelys add cookbook to résumé" . Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Patrick and Gina Neely". Food Network. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Memphis celebrity chefs, Gina and Pat Neely, file for divorce". Johnson City, Tennessee: WMC-TV. 2014. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ "'Down Home With The Neelys' -- Cooking Couple Call It Quits". TMZ.com. September 26, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Street, Trena (May 22, 2008). "Spotlight on mom: Gina Neely". The Commercial Appeal . Memphis, Tennessee. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jim Neely's Interstate Barbecue". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
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  10. ↑ Sun, Jasmin (2013-07-02). "Pat and Gina Neely's Two Memphis Restaurants Shuttered". Eater. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
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