Estella Payton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEstella Payton
American chef
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1904
Place of Birth: Wilcox County, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 12-Dec-1999
Profession: chef
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Estella Payton
- Estella Payton sometimes Estelle Payton (August 17, 1904 – December 16, 1999) was a co-star on the Woman's World cooking show that aired on WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama for decades.
- Payton, an African American woman, appeared with Connie Bea Hope, a white woman, on the show starting in 1956.
- In the early years, Payton did not appear on camera unless her hands slipped into the shot while setting up or removing utensils.
- Later, in the 1960s, Payton began to appear on air and she eventually received third billing on the program's opening titles, was given her own microphone, and offered comments on Hope's demonstrations.
- The two women were known in the station for their usually good-natured backstage squabbles.The Mobile Bay Convention and Visitor's Bureau website describes the pair as being "the Mobile version of Martha Stewart and Julia Child" and notes that when the long-running show appeared on Channel Five at a time when there were only two channels in the city.
- Payton lived to age 95. Mrs.
- Payton was the great aunt of baseball legend Hank Aaron, who is also from Mobile.
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