Dolly Parton teams up with Lodge Cast Iron and others for kitchenware collection

Dolly Parton cooks as much in the studio as in the kitchen.

2023 saw her top six Billboard charts as a "Rockstar" after being cemented in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a year prior.

2024 finds her burgeoning food empire now hitting the world of pots and pans.

It would be shocking not to expect anything else than those wares to be inspired by Parton's career and rural, Smoky Mountain upbringing. Those will include depictions of a guitar plus key moments from her early life, including the log cabin where she lived with her eleven siblings.

In collaboration with partners Lodge Cast Iron, Lifetime Brands, and Mainstream International, and facilitated by Parton's licensing agency IMG, the "Jolene" vocalist has launched a multi-category home collection featuring home, kitchen, and tableware products.

"Home is as much a state of mind as it is a place for me. I am excited to share these new kitchenware collections inspired by my childhood memories. While we didn't have much that money could buy growing up, spending time with family over a meal created priceless moments that have lasted me a lifetime. It is my hope that these products be a part of wonderful memories for you," Parton offered via a press statement.

The Lodge Cast Iron collection will include cast iron cookware and will be available in March 2024 at Cracker Barrel, Walmart.com, Lodge's e-commerce site and factory stores.

Collections built in partnership with Lifetime Brands and Mainstream International will launch online and in retail in March 2025 and feature tabletop, home decor and kitchen tools for cooking and entertaining, as well as table linens and soft kitchen textiles.

Dolly's expanding celebrity brand empire

In the past half-decade, Parton's diverse product portfolio has expanded to include signature fragrances, baking lines, pet apparel and accessories, greeting cards, disposable partyware, collectibles, mass-market branded clothing, and more. This led to her being named the best-licensed celebrity brand by the Licensing International Excellence Awards in 2023.

2024 has already seen Parton announce a new cookbook, "Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals," arriving from the Country Music and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer — and her sister, Rachel Parton George — on Sept. 17, 2024, from Ten Speed Press.

"Good Lookin' Cookin'" is currently available for pre-order. The Parton sisters will also record an audiobook version of their cookbook, which will be available soon from Penguin Random House Audio.

She also hosted a "Pet Gala" on CBS highlighting work from her "Doggy Parton" canine fashion line.

Parton also kicked off the year by announcing that her line of baked goods will expand via six comfort food recipes. In addition to cake Duncan Hines branded chocolate and yellow cakes, cinnamon swirl crumb cakes and banana nut and blueberry muffins, she's adding a new buttermilk pancake mix.

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