The esteemed celebrity chef, Rachael Ray was born on 25th August in Glens Falls, New York, according to her biography. Her birth name is Rachael Dommenica Ray. She has been a businesswoman, a TV personality and an author by profession. Ray was born to James Ray and Elsa Scuderi. She belongs to the Welsh, Italian and Scottish ancestry. Ray has a sister named Maria Betar and a brother named Emmanuel. Ray has been married to an American lawyer, John Cusimano since 2005. The couple tied the knot in Tuscany, Italy. John has also been the lead singer of a rock band The Cringe. Ray also provides money for charity, notably the American Association of Retired Persons and Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
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Career
Rachael Ray anchors a lifestyle talk show program The Rachael Ray Show. She was the team captain in a cooking reality show Rachael Vs Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off in the year 2012. She has practiced enough to cook meals in a simple and quick way. Ray believes that cooking can be completed in 30 minutes or less. She specializes in burgers. Ray has also written a book only on burgers, which titles The Book of Burger.
She has no official culinary training yet has a successful career in cooking. Her TV shows include 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Week in a Day, $40 A Day and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels. Ray released a magazine named Every Day with Rachael Ray in the year 2006. Ray has been an esteemed author of several cookbooks, including the famous Yum-O.
Her cookbook credits include Everyone is Italian on Sunday, My Year in Meals, Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book and Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook. Ray has made a very notable success in the food business. She has always been on the creative side of life.
Ray came into a licensing deal WestPoint Home, which helped launch her line of bathroom products and bedding. Ray has launched her own designer furniture line in collaboration with PulteGroup. The popular TV personality has 4.5m followers on Twitter. Ray has 634k followers on Instagram. She has 381,681 followers on Facebook. Ray earns a Net worth of around $60 million.
Awards
Rachael Ray owns three Daytime Emmy awards. She was nominated eight times for the Daytime Emmy award. Ray won the Daytime Emmy award for Best Outstanding Service Show for 30 Minutes Meals. The celebrity chef was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Outstanding Talk Host for The Rachael Ray Show. Ray was awarded with the People's Choice award for Favorite TV Cook.
Last Modified: Mar 6, 2020
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