Jimmy Proffitt
Jimmy Proffitt (@theappalachiantale) is a passionate, self-taught chef and foodie who was born in the Shenandoah Valley and began cooking and writing at the age of fifteen. Proffitt currently works as the Marketing Brand Manager and Historian of The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, one of the oldest continually operating gristmills in the country, where he also compiled four single-subject cookbooks. Proffitt has contributed to Okra, Southern Cast Iron, as well as Taste of the South where he was also given a Taste50 award in 2022. When he’s not sharing new recipes on his website, The Appalachian Tale (theappalachiantale.com), Proffitt writes about animal rescue and fundraising efforts.