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Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray

About Rach




According to Rachael Ray, she grew up in food. "My first vivid memory is watching my mom in a restaurant kitchen. She was flipping something with a spatula. I tried to copy her and ended up grilling my right thumb! I was 3 or 4," says Rachael, who insists that cooking is a way of life she was simply born into. "Everyone on both sides of my family cooks"

Rachael has parlayed that birthright into a wildly successful career as a syndicated television star, an iconic Food Network television personality, bestselling cookbook author, Founder and Editorial Director of her own lifestyle magazine and Founder of the Yum-o! organization.




Kitchen Aid


Growing up in a family steeped in culinary tradition, Rachael was exposed to a wide range of cooking techniques, from her maternal grandfather, who grew and cooked everything his family of 12 ate, to her dad's family, which embraced the food-rich traditions of Louisiana. The Ray family owned several restaurants on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, before relocating to upstate New York, where her mother worked as the food supervisor for a restaurant chain. "I was surrounded by all different styles of cooking and worked in the food service industry in just about every capacity you can imagine," Rach says.



Biting the Big Apple


By her early twenties, Rachael developed a hankering for city life and moved to New York City, where she landed at Macy's, working first at the candy counter and then as manager of the Fresh Foods Department. She credits her two years there for giving her an education in gourmet foods. After Macy's, Rach helped open Agata & Valentina, the prestigious New York gourmet marketplace, where she was the store manager and buyer. Despite the exciting lifestyle in the foodie circles of New York City, Rachael decided that wasn't how she wanted to live long term, so she moved back to upstate New York and started managing pubs and restaurants at the famed Sagamore Resort on Lake George. From there, she was recruited by Cowan & Lobel, a large gourmet market in Albany, to be their food buyer and eventually their chef.



The Need for Speed


As a way to increase grocery sales during the holidays, Rachael began a series of cooking classes at Cowan & Lobel, including a course promising to teach "30-Minute Mediterranean Meals," which exploded in popularity. The CBS station in Albany-Schenectady, WRGB-TV, discovered Rach and signed her on to do a weekly "30-Minute Meals" segment for the evening news. Nominated for two regional Emmys in its first year, the segment was a major success; a companion cookbook sold 10,000 copies locally during the holidays.



Made for TV


Rachael's television work grew to include a series of lifestyle and travel segments as well as a long-term relationship with the Food Network, hosting shows such as "Tasty Travels," "$40 a Day," "Inside Dish," and "30-Minute Meals," the latter of which earned her Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Service Show Host and Outstanding Service Show in 2006.



Cookbook Queen


Rachael's growing list of cookbooks includes 30-Minute Meals, $40 a Day: Best Eats in Town, Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners, Rachael Ray's Express Lane Meals: What to Keep on Hand, What to Buy Fresh for the Easiest-Ever 30-Minute Meals, Rachael Ray 2, 4, 6, 8: Great Meals for Couples or Crowds and many more.



Every Day with Rachael Ray Magazine


Taking the can-do spirit of her television shows and books, Rachael launched a lifestyle magazine bearing her vision called Every Day with Rachael Ray in 2005. With great food at its heart, the full-size glossy magazine, for which Ray serves as editor-in-chief, covers much more than food. The magazine offers smart and easy recipes, as well as practical advice on food destinations and entertaining. Through the magazine, Rach takes readers around the country to meet people who love food—from top celebrities to authentic artisans to great home cooks.



The Rachael Ray Show


Winner of 2008 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show-Entertainment, Rachael Ray is a daily one-hour syndicated talk show and is among the top-ranked daytime programs on television. Now in her third season, Rachael continues to bring her warmth and no-fuss attitude into the homes of millions of viewers with her signature quick meals, celebrity surprises, provocative discussions, hot musical performances and groundbreaking features.

See who's joining Rachael Ray at her kitchen table this week, find out how you can get tickets to the show, watch her videos and more!



Her Philosophy


"My life has been a total accident—a very happy, wonderful accident that I didn't and couldn't have planned," Rach says. Despite her growing celebrity, she is determined to stay grounded and hold on to her down-to-earth values. She still spends as much time as she can at her cabin in the Adirondacks with her husband, John, her family—the "research team"—and her beloved pit bull Isaboo.

 

.Bio courtesy of www.rachaelraymag.com

 

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