Rachael Domenica Ray is an American television personality, businesswoman,
celebrity chefA celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...
and author. She hosts the
syndicatedIn broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
talk and lifestyle program
Rachael RayRachael Ray, also known as The Rachael Ray Show, is a talk show starring Rachael Ray that debuted in syndication in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2006....
and three
Food NetworkFood Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
series,
30 Minute Meals30 Minute Meals is a Food Network show hosted by Rachael Ray. Her first of four shows on Food Network debuted in the fall of 2001. The show specializes in convenience cooking for those with little time to cook. The show is recorded live-to-tape, with Ray doing almost all preparation in real time...
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Rachael Ray's Tasty TravelsRachael Ray's Tasty Travels is a television show based on cook Rachael Ray and her travels around the world . However, in this show she is not restricted by a budget and showcases food from more upscale eateries...
and
$40 a Day$40 a Day is a Food Network show hosted by Rachael Ray. In each episode, Rachael takes a one-day trip to an American or European city with only US$40 to spend on food...
. Ray wrote cookbooks based on the
30 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine,
Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's television shows have won two
Daytime Emmy Awards.
Ray was born in
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