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Rachael RayAdd to My CelebsAge 43 Birthday Aug. 25th, 1968 Born in Glens Falls, New York, USA Height 5' 3 |
Rachael Ray's Main TV Roles
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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Lives in the Adirondacks with her husband, mother, a dog, a cat and two fishes. Has a younger brother named Emmanuel (Manny) and an older sister named Maria. Moved to upstate New York when she was in 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 the 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.
TRIVIA:
- Has written 14 best-selling cookbooks.
- Loves Austin, Texas for its music.
- Has a plaque in her home that reads, "'Martha Stewart (II)' (qv) doesn't live here".
- 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].
- Rachael has endorsed products for Price Chopper and Burger King.
- Ray married 'John M. Cusimano' (qv), a lawyer and member of the band The Cringe, on September 24, 2005 in Montalcino, Italy.
- Gets her love of food "with garlic and oil" from her mother, Elsa Scuderi, and her grandfather, Emmanuel.
- In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $16 million.
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