Football Saturdays are kind of our thing
For the women who love SEC football — or are about to.
Gridiron Belles is SEC football — with a very well-set table. The game, the tailgate, the tradition. All of it, done with intention.
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12 Saturdays.
One way of life.
Gridiron Belles is where football, Southern hospitality, and twelve Saturdays of tradition all belong under the same tent.
The game, explained the way it should have been from the start. The recipes your people will ask for every year. The tailgate that makes everyone feel like they were expected — because they were.
This is game day, done with intention. Welcome, y'all.
Meet the founder
The belle behind the book.
Christie Leigh Wells is a business etiquette consultant who also happens to love SEC football with her whole heart. She started Gridiron Belles because it turns out the two have more in common than you'd think — and because every belle deserves someone in her corner who can explain both the blitz and the seating arrangement.
Meet Christie LeighGridiron Belles: Second Down · Spring 2027
One book started it all. It sold out. Now the second one is almost here.
Gridiron Belles: A Guide to Saturdays in Dixie came out in 2011 and sold out completely. Second Down picks up where it left off — more recipes, more traditions, more Saturdays worth showing up for.
A Guide to Saturdays Down South
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The conversation starts here
Game day, all week long.
Recipes, style, football decoded without the condescension, and a community of women who get it. Find us on Instagram — that's where the real conversation happens.
