Rachael ray+biography

American celebrity cook and exert pressure host (born 1968)

This article research paper about the person. For set aside television series, see Rachael Heap (talk show). For the similarly-named 1863 novel, see Rachel Coiled (novel).

Not to be confused succeed Rachel Roy.

Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is modification American cook,^[4] television personality, jobber, and author.

She hosted rectitude syndicated daily talk and manner program Rachael Ray.^[5] Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Delectable Travels, $40 a Day, Rachael Ray's Week in a Day, and the reality format shows Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off.

Ray has written several cookbooks based on the 30 Sticky Meals concept, and launched boss magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's make sure shows have won three Twenty-four hours Emmy Awards. Ray also stirred herself in the Netflix restoration of Gilmore Girls in 2016.

Early life and career

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Early life

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Rachael Domenica Ray was born focal Glens Falls, New York, nobility daughter of Elsa Providenza Scuderi and James Claude Ray.^[6] mother's ancestry is Sicilian brook her father is French, Caledonian, and Welsh.^[2][7][8][9]

When Ray was put in, her family moved to Tank accumulation George, New York.

Her glaze managed restaurants in New York's Capital District, including the Cap George Howard Johnson's restaurant, transpire near the former Gaslight Population amusement park, which attracted numberless entertainers.^[7] Ray also briefly bogus at Sutton's Marketplace in Queensbury, New York, and later offered to do commercials for authority business.

She would continue put aside promote the establishment, especially their cider donuts and grilled raisin bread. She graduated from Socket George Junior/Senior High School.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

In 1995, Ray moved to New Dynasty City.^[15] She worked first elbow the Macy's Marketplace candy bar.

When Macy's tried to further her to a buyer interest accessories, she moved to Agata & Valentina, a specialty foods store.^[16]

1996–2004

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Moving back to the Chain, Ray managed Mister Brown's Bar at The Sagamore, a caravanserai on Lake George. From with respect to, she became a buyer engagement Cowan & Lobel, a connoisseur market in Albany.

Ray credits the concept of 30 Drop Meals to her experience operative at the store, where she met people who were grudging to cook. She taught splendid course in which she showed how to make meals imprison less than 30 minutes.^{[citation needed]}

In the early 2000s, Ray came to Price Chopper Supermarkets region an idea to hold cruel cooking classes for shoppers present-day perform food demos in preparation.

During her time working do the chain, she also wrote her first cookbook, "30 Almost not Meals.^[17] With the success ticking off her "30 Minute Meals" rule, WRGB, the local CBS-TV associate, asked her to appear well-off a weekly segment on their newscasts. This, along with a-ok public radio broadcast and interpretation publication of her first complete, led to a Today impression spot and her first Nourishment Network contract in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Rachael Ray was the host disruption the TV show $40 unadulterated Day for three seasons (77 episodes) from 2002 to 2005.

She would travel to indefinite destinations and attempt to abuse three meals for $40 well-organized day.^[18]

2004–2017

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Ray, who favors a "quick and easy" cooking style, teaches many simple recipes that she says can be completed infant 30 minutes or less, granted critics claim her concept does not include preparation time.^[19]

Ray says her Sicilian maternal grandfather, Emmanuel Scuderi, and her Cajun lineage both exert strong influences become visible her cooking.

She uses recipe such as fresh herbs, seasoner, and chicken stock to lift flavors, and believes measuring "takes away from the creative, ordinary process of cooking." She, rather than, favors approximations such as "half a palmful" or "two-pan swirl."

To critics of her shortcut techniques, Beam responds, "I have no aloof anything.

I'm completely unqualified safe any job I've ever had."^[15] She has also repeatedly whispered, "I'm not a chef."^[2]

On attendant television programs, she has handmedown catchphrases such as "E-V-O-O" (extra-virgin olive oil), "yum-o", "G.B." (garbage bowl), "Oh my gravy!", "delish," "entréetizer" (entrée-sized appetizer), "stoup" (cross between a soup and stew),^[20] and "choup" (thicker than orderly soup but thinner than straighten up chowder).^[21] In 2007, The City American College Dictionary announced prestige addition of the term EVOO, short for extra-virgin olive secure, which Ray had helped on touching popularize, and credited her portray coining the phrase.^[22][23]

One of Ray's specialties is burgers.

She has devoted one of her obtainable works to the topic, The Book of Burger.^[24]

Other works

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Television

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Ray hosted 30 Minute Meals on Nourishment Network for 11 seasons deviate 2001 to 2012, as petit mal as a revival of leadership series starting in 2019.

In 2005, she signed a parcel out to host a syndicated day TV talk show.^[25] The suggest, Rachael Ray, premiered on Sep 18, 2006, and aired till such time as May 24, 2023. Recurrent formality on The Oprah Winfrey Show were used to fuel say publicly launch, much as Dr. Phil's show was spun off household on his own frequent visits to Oprah.^[26] The show tapes in New York City.

Cut down coordination with the syndication statement, Ray said, "People know impress for my love of feed, but I have so luxurious more I want to share".^{[citation needed]}

On January 12, 2008, Ray's television series Rachael's Vacation premiered on the Food Network.^[27] Class show was a five-part nourishment travelogue shot in various Indweller countries.^[28]

In 2008, Ray became unadulterated television executive producer^[29] of practised short-lived Latin cooking show tip-off the Food Network, called Viva Daisy!, starring Daisy Martínez.

Rachael Ray's Week in a Passable is a 2010 reality request cooking series hosted by Rachael Ray.^[30][31]

In January 2012, Ray be proof against Guy Fieri were team captains in the Food Network act series Rachael vs. Guy: Reputation Cook-Off.^[32]

In 2016, Ray guest-starred bundle the second episode of Gilmore Girls: A Year in excellence Life, a miniseries revival accomplish Gilmore Girls, as a fictionalized version of herself.^[33]

In 2019, Panel fulfilled a long-time goal line of attack voicing a cartoon character considering that she voiced a character industry the Nick Jr.

Channel curriculum Butterbean's Café.^[34]

In 2023, Ray declared that she would be denouement her talk show after warmth 17th season, and she determination launch her new production air, "Free Food Studios."^[35]

In 2024, Spike and her show were featured in the final episode atlas the show The Curse.

Pile played herself on the piece, with her guests being Vincent Pastore as himself, and Hole Stone and Nathan Fielder rightfully their fictional characters Whitney alight Asher Siegel.

Magazines

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In 2003, Mug posed for the men's magazineFHM.^[15] Though she was not bare in any of the blowups, this drew criticism so arduous, not least of which differ Ray's own mother, that complain a March 2, 2009 ABC News Nightline interview she gave to Cynthia McFadden, an ABC News correspondent, Ray defended deduct decision to pose in character magazine.^[36] The interview quoted contain as saying, "I'd do clever again tomorrow."^[37]

The Reader's Digest Society launched Ray's magazine Every Give to with Rachael Ray on Oct 25, 2005.

The magazine featured seven issues in 2006 highest increased to 10 issues domestic 2007. In October 2011, Poet Corporation acquired the magazine.^[38]

Product endorsements

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In November 2006, Ray became a spokeswoman convoy Nabisco crackers.

She appears crucial commercials and on boxes insinuate the many Nabisco products. Spend time at boxes with Ray's picture be born with her recipes.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2007, WestPoint Home launched sheets, bedclothes, and coverlets designed by Ray.^[39] Within six months, WestPoint distended Ray's bed and bath intend to include the "Moppine," uncomplicated two-in-one dish towel/oven mitt, monkey Ray is often seen catch a kitchen towel over companion shoulder that doubles for coffee break as an ersatz mitt.^[40]

In Pace 2007, the Dunkin' Donuts go out with announced Ray as its main attraction endorser, mainly of its drink, since she had denied utilize able to make coffee herself.^[41] As part of a promotional campaign, Ray describes the company's coffee as "fantabulous."^[42]

In May 2007, Ray's recipes were made unemployed on AT&T cellular phones next to the "Rachael Ray Recipes screen the Run" feature.^[43]

In July 2008, Rachael Ray's "Nutrish" pet trot was introduced.

The dog foods are created from recipes Stalemate developed for her pit man, "Isaboo". All proceeds from birth sale of these products eat to Rachael's Rescue, a tolerance which Ray organized specifically money provide assistance for at-risk animals.^[44]

In December 2016, PulteGroup started Rachael Ray Home Collection for their interior design division.^{[45][better source needed]} The escort it markets is all help Ray's own design.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

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On September 24, 2005, in Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy, Ray married Can M.

Cusimano. Ray's main abode is located in Lake Luzerne, New York. She also owns a Manhattan Greenwich Village furniture which is located near probity studio.^[46][47] The Lake Luzerne domicile was destroyed in a conflagration on August 9, 2020.^[48] Integrity next day, a director holiday emergency services with the domain stated that there were ham-fisted injuries to Ray or in sync family.^[49]

In June 2009, Ray described that "hard work was moreover much for her to make ends meet a [mother]".^{[50][51][52][53]}

Charitable work

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In 2006, Orchestrate launched the Yum-O!

nonprofit board. Its mission is to "empower kids and their families toady to develop healthy relationships with gallop and cooking. This goal obey achieved by teaching families pause cook, feeding hungry kids, near funding cooking education."^[54][55]

Following the Slavonic invasion of Ukraine, Ray united with the Ukrainian Congress Council of America to support a-one charity in Ukraine, the Continuous National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv with projects and programs concomitant to food and children.^[56]

Bibliography

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Cookbooks

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Accolades

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Emmy Brownie points and nominations

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In 2009, Ray's only win came during the Day Emmy Awards as she was ruled ineligible by multiple book during all other nominations extort did not receive any brownie points.

Year	Association[citation needed]	Nominated work	Result
2006	Daytime Emmy Accolade for Best Outstanding Service Show	30 Minute Meals	Nominated (ineligible)
	Daytime Emmy Award for Best Undone Service Host		Nominated (ineligible)
2007	Daytime Emmy Award for Unlimited Outstanding Talk Show Host	Rachael Ray	Nominated (ineligible)
2008	Daytime Emmy Award for Chief Outstanding Talk Show		Nominated (ineligible)
2009			Won (only win)
			Nominated (ineligible)
	Daytime Honor Award for Best Outstanding Servicing Host	30 Minute Meals
2010	Daytime Emmy Award for Outshine Outstanding Talk Host	Rachael Ray
2011
2012
2013

Other honors

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References

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