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==Biography==
A native of the [[Columbus, Ohio]], Paulk attended Fort Hayes High School for the Performing Arts and [[Ohio State University|The Ohio State University]], where he majored in music/voice. During the late 1980s, Paulk managed Cocolat, a [[San Francisco]] patisserie owned by [[Alice Medrich]].<ref name="Mezzaluna">{{citation |url=http://www.mezzaluna.biz/chef.php |title=Mezzaluna - The Chef |accessdate=2007-11-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605182243/http://www.mezzaluna.biz/chef.php |archivedate=2008-06-05 |df= }}</ref>
Paulk claimed that he overcame his homosexuality following his conversion to [[Christianity]], through a combination of counseling, groups, prayer, and his relationship with God. He identified himself as a [[heterosexual]]. Paulk's wife, [[Anne Paulk|Anne]], also identified as ex-gay. John Paulk co-wrote the books ''Not Afraid to Change'' with Tony Marko and ''Love Won Out'' with [[Anne Paulk]].<ref>Paulk, John, (Marko, Tony) ''Not Afraid to Change: The Remarkable Story of How One Man Overcame Homosexuality'' Winepress Publishing, {{ISBN|1-57921-097-X}}</ref><ref>Paulk, John, (Paulk, Anne) ''Love Won Out: How God's Love Helped 2 People Leave Homosexuality and Find Each Other'' Focus on the Family Pub, {{ISBN|1-56179-783-9}}</ref> Both books are now out of print.
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Paulk became involved with [[Focus on the Family]], where he was manager of the organization's Homosexuality and Gender Division.<ref name="ads-renew">Archives, The Washington Post, "Ads Renew Ex-gay Debate", by Alan Cooperman, 21 October 2002</ref> In August 1995, Paulk was elected Chairman of the board of Exodus International North America for a three-year term. He was subsequently re-elected to a second three-year term in 1998. As an employee of Focus on the Family, Paulk toured the United States, speaking of his conversions at [[Love Won Out]] conferences. Paulk and his wife became the faces promoting Exodus ministries in major daily newspaper full page ads. The couple appeared on the cover of ''[[Newsweek]]'' (August 1998), when the publication covered Exodus and the [[ex-gay movement]]. That year, [[Christian right]] groups including the [[Family Research Council]] and the [[American Family Association]] spent $600,000 on advertising promoting conversion therapy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/how-christians-turned-against-gay-conversion-therapy/390570/|title=How Christians Turned Against Gay Conversion Therapy|author=Jonathan Merritt|date=15 Apr 2015|work=The Atlantic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/ex-ex-gay-pride-249282|title=Ex-Ex-Gay Pride|work=Newsweek|date=1 May 2014}}</ref>
Paulk left "ex-gay" ministry work in 2003 and moved to [[Portland, Oregon]], with his wife and family. The couple started a [[catering]] business in 2005, and he appeared regularly in [[cooking]] segments on Portland television.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mezzaluna.biz/aboutus.php |title=Mezzaluna - About Us |publisher=Mezzaluna.biz |date= |accessdate=2013-12-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912105128/http://www.mezzaluna.biz/aboutus.php |archivedate=2010-09-12 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mezzaluna.biz/chef.php |title=Mezzaluna - The Chef |publisher=Mezzaluna.biz |date= |accessdate=2013-12-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812191450/http://www.mezzaluna.biz/chef.php |archivedate=2010-08-12 |df= }}</ref>
In February 2015, Paulk appeared on the [[Food Network]] program ''[[Cutthroat Kitchen]]'', hosted by [[Alton Brown]]. Paulk came in second place,.
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