Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Rayis an American television personality, businesswoman, celebrity cook and author. She hosts the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray, and three Food Network series. Other programs to her credit include Rachael Ray's Week In A Day and the reality format shows Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off. Ray has written several cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine Every Day with Rachael...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth25 August 1968
CityGlens Falls, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Everything I do for magazine I pound out in 15 to 16 hours. I sit down at 11 a.m., get up at 1 in the morning and I'm done.
If there are celebrities, they can't just come on and talk about their movie. It's come on and tell them how to get picky eaters to eat. Where do they hide their junk when people come over?
I do know what my first meal in the next world would be... Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.
We have a queen-size bed and the dog sleeps in the middle. John and I are sort of these little quotation marks on either corner.
My mom said the two most important kitchen utensils are attached to your arms... you cannot mix up meatballs with a wooden spoon, get in there, get your fingers dirty!
If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you.
NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.
Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
The most essential part of my day is a proper dinner.
Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
I like feeling like an ox at the end of the day. I like working hard.
I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything I'm doing.
I don't categorize food as bad or a guilty pleasure.