Kelli Ferrell is a cookbook author, celebrity chef, TV personality, and restauranteur, Kelli Ferrell!

She’s an official cast member/peach holder for Season 16 of Real Housewives of Atlanta, which currently airs on BRAVO. 

Ferrell’s Atlanta-based restaurant, Nana’s Chicken & Waffles, has grown in popularity from their vast assortment of waffles including red velvet waffles, lemon waffles, cinnamon roll waffles, banana foster waffles, strawberry shortcake waffles, peach cobbler waffles, banana pudding waffles and more. The self-proclaimed “Queen of Waffles” has made numerous appearances on Good Morning America, Food Network, Live with Kelly and Mark, Hallmark Channel and OWN Network.

To date, Ferrell has competed on: Food Network's "Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge." The show challenges chefs to a series of competitions to see who can prepare the best Thanksgiving-themed meals – and appeared on Guy's Grocery Games, a television game show where chefs compete in a three-round elimination contest, cooking food with ingredients found in a supermarket grocery store hosted by Guy Fieri on Food Network.

Ferrell recently launched a line of waffle mix, 24K gold flaked syrup and stone-ground Cajun grits that are available for shipping nationwide via Nana’s Chicken & Waffles’ website and at their current location in Macdonough, Georgia. The product launch serves as the next trek in Ferrell’s continued quest to build her “Kooking with Kelli” brand, which is already home to her cookbook (which is filled with delicious southern meals and mouth-watering dishes) and a special flavored waffle ice cream collaboration with Four Fat Cows.

She’s also a culinary partner and ambassador for Meals on Wheels Atlanta, which was founded in 1965 to support seniors struggling with hunger, food insecurity and social isolation.