Connie Bea Hope

Who was Connie Bea Hope?

Connie Bea Hope was the stage name for Beatrice Walker Hope, a television personality and chef in Mobile, Alabama, on the local cooking program "Connie's Cupboard", which began in 1955 on WKRG-TV. She also appeared on the station's daily midday program Woman's World. After the programs ended in 1981, Hope became the station's goodwill ambassador for cooking and food-related events.

Hope has been called a fixture in the South Alabama culinary scene and is included in tourism literature as part of the 20th century culture of Mobile.