CORDIAL Cuisine
Words like “consequential” and “far-reaching” don’t quite capture chef Deb Paquette’s influence on Nashville’s dining scene.
In a career spanning 42 years, she’s spent 30 of them heading restaurant kitchens. The first woman in Tennessee to become a certified executive chef, she’s mentored countless chefs and consulted for many fine dining establishments. At her restaurant Zola (deemed by Magazine as one of America’s best; it had a brilliant run from 1997 to 2010) she introduced Nashvillians
