Are you a closet foodie? Can you whip up a five-course meal with only seven ingredients? If your doctor takes a blood sample does he (or she) find equal parts of blood and extra-virgin olive oil? Do you say 'Yum-O' a lot? If you fit into one or all of the categories mentioned above then future ruler of the world Rachael Ray is looking for you.
Ray, host of her own talk show as well as 30 Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Rachael's Tasty Travels, and five or six other shows I'm probably forgetting to mention, is starting a nationwide search to find a culinary savant who cooks and bakes for their family and church and not for the customers at their five-star restaurant. Rachael and the producers of her talk show will narrow the choices down to five promising cooks, who will be whisked away for two intense weeks of competitions and challenges to see who is really the best.
The winner of the contest will be named in late November. He or she will then co-host the Rachael Ray show for a day and receive professional training at the U.S. Culinary Institute. In addition, one of the winner's original recipes will be printed in Rachael's magazine Every Day with Rachael Ray. Finally, the winner will have an opportunity to be a member of Ray's government when she finally takes over the world.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
9-13-2007 @ 9:22AM
Jim said...
I hope Rachael fed Teri. She looks emaciated!
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9-13-2007 @ 10:39AM
Doug said...
I think the picture is slimmed down so Ray doesn't look like an overstuffed pig.
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9-16-2007 @ 6:32AM
ida said...
i like rachel, and i like her tv show, and i hope she will be on for a long time. isj
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9-16-2007 @ 7:20AM
Jay said...
I think Rachel is hot. I wouldn't mind whipping something up in the kitchen with her.
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9-16-2007 @ 7:21AM
stacie said...
I love Rachel Ray, i think she is down to earth. and doesn't act fake like most famous people!She's great!
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9-16-2007 @ 7:48AM
Myrtle said...
I Love Rachel Ray. i dont miss her 30 minutes meals.
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9-16-2007 @ 7:50AM
DAVID said...
RACHEL RAY IS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND I LOVE WATCHING HER SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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9-16-2007 @ 8:23AM
Chris said...
I think Rachel Ray is the answer to women's prayers by showing us that good meals are possible in a short period of time. I also think Rachel Ray's personality is the "Gidget" of the 2000's. You rock on, girl!
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9-16-2007 @ 8:44AM
Denise Blessing said...
Rachael RULES Martha who????? oh yeah the one that was in jail because she didn't already have enough money
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9-16-2007 @ 8:40AM
Denise Blessing said...
HEY DOUG I guess you have never seen a real woman...Rachael is real and she no where near heavy. She curves like a woman should, or do you rather carese women who, like terri, feel like little boys
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9-16-2007 @ 8:40AM
Denise Blessing said...
Rachael RULES Martha who????? oh yeah the one that was in
jail because she didn't already have enough money
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9-16-2007 @ 9:37AM
Diane said...
I don't like Rachael Ray. She's a big mouth who is probably as phoney as they come.
Her hair looks nasty and I think she'd be a dirty cook. I don't want to see someone with hair slingin down over their face making my food.
If you people believe this woman would say hello to you on a busy street.......I would bet she would ignore you with her nose in the sky.
I'll never like her!
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9-16-2007 @ 9:36AM
Diane Roberts said...
I had a feeling a negative, TRUTH TELLING POSTING WOULD BE DISMISSED.
WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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9-16-2007 @ 9:42AM
Melissa Gross said...
I love Rachel Ray's talk show but she talks too loud. I think she needs a hidden microphone to speak into and to tone down her voice. Otherwise, she is going to lose her voice. I remember when Neil Patrick Harris was on her show, he told Rachel not to yell at him. I could tell that she was offended, and that's not good. I miss her $40 a day show. I wish she would have made more new ones this summer instead of her other show, Tasty Travels.
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9-16-2007 @ 9:57AM
Dave said...
I've been in love with Rachael since the first time I laid eyes on her, I'd go with her in a second
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9-16-2007 @ 10:08AM
donna said...
Post #13 by Diane is right on target. Something has got to be done with that awful hair. It wouldn't be allowed in any restaurant. And ... from everything I've learned, Rachel is very phony and snobby in real life.
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9-16-2007 @ 10:11AM
ROBERT said...
HELLO RACHEL,FIRST LET ME TELL YOU HOW BEAUTIFULL YOU ARE,NO DISRESPECT INTENDED,I WATCH YOUR SHOW AND EVERY CULINARY SHOW ON TV,MY DREAM IS BEEN TO BECOME A CHEF,WHICH I AM NOT,I AM ITALIAN AND LOVE THE MEALS THAT YOU COOK I HAVE BEEN COOKING SINCE I WAS 13 AND HAVE A VAST AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BEEF,PORK,CHICKEN,FISH,I WAS A IN THE MEAT BUSINESS FOR 17 YEARSBUT I GOT INJURED ON THE JOB WHICH WAS WITH A FOOD CHAIN I WAS A MEAT DEPT MANAGER,EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY WANTS ME TO COOK ON EVERY OUTING, I COULDNT AFFORD TO GO TO COLLEDGE. I AM A FATHER OF 2 BOYS 1 19 AND 1 10 I WOULD LOVE TO COOK FOR A LIVING I LIKE TO PLEASE PEOPLE MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID IF YOU WANT SOMEONES ATTENTION START A THE STOMACH IT WILL GET THEM EVERYTIME I LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE ENJOY A DELICIOUS MEAL AND BE SATISFIED I MIGHT BE THE ONE YOUR LOOKING FOR BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU,I LIVE IN LOUISANA AND WE COOK SOME GOOD FOOD,I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT YOU ARE GEAT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH YOU ON EVERY OCCASION I CAN,RESPECTFULLY YOURS ROBERT KIMBALL, EMAIL MRWILDTHANG@AOL.COM
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9-16-2007 @ 10:14AM
Frank De Bono said...
Rachel: I want in ; I can cook and most certainly, fit all the above criteria. (Culinary Savant) My Blood Sample is most certainly a match of olive oil & garlic and more. Hope to be selected, and as usual I'll be watching you and your show as always. Bona Fortuna,Yum-O, I'm ready. FrankDB
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9-16-2007 @ 10:13AM
sick of her said...
I am so sick of her it is not even funny......everywhere I look, there she is.......omg
This girl NEVER SHUTS UP!!! and her yum-o's and yummies, and E V O O extra virgin olive oil....is said over and over, and over to the point is is so old. Shut the hell up for awhile.....Hopefully she will get her tonsils out and can't talk for a week. At least a week.
I could kick Oprah's ass for making this idiot famous.
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9-17-2007 @ 6:08AM
ROBERT said...
THANKS FOR THE LESSONS
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