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Rachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author.

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Rachael Ray’s Unique Culinary Education and Style

Bubbly Rachael Ray regularly quips that she is not a chef, but a cook. She consistently tosses aside formal measurements as she prepares dishes, and has created her own catchy kitchen terms, including “EVOO,” “delish,” “nutrish,” “stoup,” and “yum-o.” Ray’s culinary catchphrases only add to the wholesome on-screen charisma that has propelled her career to the TV chef stratosphere.

When she says she’s not a chef, Ray is pointing to the fact that she received no formal culinary instruction. Unfettered by the lack of a formal Culinary Arts credential, she has nonetheless carved out a significant spot for herself in the competitive world of TV chef celebrity. She credits her family’s restaurant ownership and cooking ‘as a way of life,’ for her undisputed kitchen talents.

Emerging on the front end of the hyper-paced epicurean awakening spawned by food TV, Ray’s disarming charm brought her to early prominence on the Food Network. Since th

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Lives in the Adirondacks with her husband John M. Cusimano, mother Elsa Scuderi, a cat and two fishes. Has a younger brother named Emmanuel (Manny) and an older sister named Maria Betar. Moved to upstate New York when she was in the first grade. At one time, her family owned several restaurants, called "The Carvery", in and around Falmouth and Mashpee, Massachusetts.

After college, she worked as candy manager at "Macy's Marketplace" in New York. She was promoted to the fresh food section, then left Macy's and became a chef and buyer at a gourmet store. She moved out of New York City and, while working in a shop in Albany, she held cooking lessons in the store and caught the attention of a local television station. The station began cooking segments, which later became 30 Minute Meals (2001). She has authored several cookbooks, including "Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals" and "The Open House Cookbook". She garnered national attention from a segment on the Today (1952) show during a blizzard.

BornAugust 25, 1968

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Rachael Ray

American celebrity cook and television host (born 1968)

This article is about the person. For her television series, see Rachael Ray (talk show). For the similarly-named 1863 novel, see Rachel Ray (novel).

Not to be confused with Rachel Roy.

Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is an American cook,^[4] television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray.^[5] Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty 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 Minute Meals concept, and launched a magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, in 2006. Ray's television shows have won three Daytime Emmy Awards. Ray also played herself in the Netflix revival of Gilmore Girls in 2016.

Early life and career

Early life

Rachael Domenica Ray was born in Glens Falls, New York, the dau