Rachael Domenica Ray, simply known as Rachael Ray, is a famous American author, television personality, celebrity chef, actress, as well as a television producer. Rachael Ray is perhaps best known as the host of a television talk show called “The Rachael Ray Show”, the main focus of which is to showcase Ray’s culinary skills, while various celebrity guests such as John McCain, Paula Abdul, Bob Barker, Drew Carey, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Carmen Electra and many others talk about their tips on staying healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle. The show also includes musical performances and make-over segments, which in turn were compared to those showcased in “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, hosted by Oprah Winfrey.
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Rachael Ray Net Worth $60 Million
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“The Rachael Ray Show” first aired on television screens in 2006 and has been on air for eight seasons with a total amount of 1 455 episodes. With an average of 2.6 million viewers per episode, “Rachael Ray” is considered to be one of the highest watched television daytime shows. In addition to its high viewership, the show has so far earned two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment, while Rachael Ray received several nominations for Talk Show Host, yet she came second after Ellen DeGeneres.
A famous talk show host and a television personality, how rich is Rachael Ray? According to sources, in 2012 Rachael Ray’s annual salary amounted to $25 million, while a year later it rose to $30 million. In regards to her wealth, Rachael Ray’s net worth is estimated to be $60 million. The majority of Rachael Ray’s net worth and wealth comes from her on-screen appearances, as well as various product endorsements.
Rachael Ray was born in 1968, in Glens Falls, New York. It was in New York where Ray had her first job as a candy counter in a department store called “Macy’s”. Prior to her big breakthrough, Rachael Ray also worked in “Mister Brown’s Pub” as a manager, and “Cowan & Lobel” store. Rachael Ray began showcasing her culinary skills in 2001 in a food network show “30 Minute Meals”, where she created healthy and delicious dishes in under 30 minutes. Even though Ray received criticism for not being a professional cook and having no formal cooking experience, “30 Minute Meals” proved to be a large mainstream success. The show inspired the publication of “30 Minute Meals” book series, as well as two other books, namely “30 Minute Meals: 365, A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners” and “Cooking Rocks! – 30 Minute Meals for Kids!”
A year later, Rachael Ray came out with another television series called “Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels”, where she travels around the world and tries foods from different places. The show is similar to “$40 a Day”, which premiered prior to “Tasty Travels”, and which finished its run with 77 episodes.
A famous television personality, Rachael Ray has been a guest on such shows as “The View”, “Cake Boss” with Buddy Valastro, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “Larry King Live”, as well as many others.
I can say this. I am a cheese-in-a-can virgin. So... [tastes it, makes a face] ...mmm, much like many of our first experiences. A little bit sticky, and not that memorable.
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I'm Always on the lookout for safety 'cause I'm an especially accident prone girl.
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That's why I love food, 'cause it makes the best scrapbook. I mean, pictures are great but they're not very tasty.
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Now, no makin' fun of me if I don't do the separation of the eggs too well. You know I don't bake.
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...I tend to overwhack the meat.
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When you really want to show some love, keep the flowers and say it with spaghetti.
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[on cooking] You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food.
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For a lot of people, divorce is traumatic, but for us, it made for a happier family. It was miserable to watch people live together who shouldn't.
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If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you.
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I'm a lousy whistler. I can't make coffee, I can't bake and I can't whistle. There. I'm outed, on all levels.
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Sale of her new 30-minute meal cookbook, "Express Lane Meals", begins. [April 2006]
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Has a new show, Inside Dish with Rachael Ray (2004), where she goes to the homes and kitchens of celebrities. [November 2004]
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Appeared in a commercial for her "Rachael Ray Nutrish " dog food. [2010]
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Release of her book, "Book of 10". [2009]
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Rachael's new daytime talk show, Rachael Ray (2006), premieres September 18. [September 2006]
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Release of her book, "Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book". [2008]
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Release of her book, "Yum-O: The Family Cookbook". [2008]
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Release of her book, "Just In Time!: All-New 30-Minute Meals, Plus Super-Fast 15-Minute Meals and Slow It Down 60-Minute Meals". [2007]
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Launches her line of pet food: "Rachael Ray Nutrish Preminum" dog food and "Rachael Ray Isaboo" dog treats. [2008]
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Launches her new magazine, "Everyday with Rachael Ray". [October 2005]
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Her wedding song was "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder.
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Attended Lake George (N.Y.) Junior-Senior High School.
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Her hometown is Queensbury, New York, where the pizza place she goes to has a "Rachael Ray" pizza, named in her honor.
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Founder and editorial director of "Everyday with Rachael Ray" magazine.
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Fan of the Boston Red Sox, the New York Giants, crime novels.
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Loves Austin, Texas for its music.
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Proceeds from the sale of her book, "Yum-o!: The Family Cookbook", will benefit the Yum-o! Organization, her foundation designed to empower kids and families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking [2008].
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Her first word was "Vino", which she heard from her Grandpa Emmanuel.
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In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $16 million.
On the December 5, 2006 episode of her syndicated television show, Rachael Ray (2006), Rachael was presented with a certificate by Erin McKean, the editor-in-chief of American Dictionaries, which declares that "EVOO" (extra-virgin olive oil) will be added to the 2007 Oxford American College Dictionary. Rachael began using this term on her shows on the Food Network - after a while 'extra-virgin olive oil' is a lot to say repeatedly.
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Named #71 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
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Was once a manager at Mr. Brown's Pub in the 5-star Sagamore Hotel in the Adirondacks.
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Has written 14 best-selling cookbooks.
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Gets her love of food "with garlic and oil" from her mother, Elsa Scuderi, and her grandfather, Emmanuel.
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Pasta carbonara has a special place in Rachael's and her husband's heart. She made it for the first birthday of his that they spent together.
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Has a magazine called Every Day with Rachael Ray.
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Ray married John M. Cusimano, a lawyer and member of the band The Cringe, on September 24, 2005 in Montalcino, Italy.
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Rachael has endorsed products for Price Chopper and Burger King.
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FHM featured a pictorial of her in the October 2003 issue. She was later voted #92 on FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women of 2004.
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Engaged to musician John M. Cusimano - wedding in September 2005.
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Ray's grandfather Emmanuel was a stonemason who emigrated from Sicily to the Adirondacks.
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Lives in a small, rustic, lakeside cabin in the town of Lake Luzerne in the Adirondacks with her husband, John M. Cusimano, and her mother, Elsa Scuderi. Her mother was the food supervisor for several Howard Johnson's. Rachael was even a waitress at Howard Johnson's.
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She has a pit bull named Isaboo, named after her dog Boo who passed away, and goldfish named Jaws and Orca.
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Has a plaque in her home that reads, "Martha Stewart doesn't live here".
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