Rachel Ray – Maybe Hate is a Strong Word?
Aug 23rd, 2007 by Amy
Anyone else feeling ill?
Rachel Ray REALLY Knows Cooking!
I’d like to open up this updated rant with a quote from the now departed from the Food Network, the great, talented, Mario Batali on his former employer:
“They don’t need me. They have decided they are mass market and they are going after the Wal-Mart crowd. (This was)… a smart business decision. So they don’t need someone who uses polysyllabic words from other languages.”
Rachel Ray is a multimillionare. This is a subject I could rant about for hours. In fact, some of my closest friends have had the unfortunate opportunity to hear my rants and backsided comments about my arch-nemisis - Rachel Ray. God, even uttering her name…. just typing her name… makes my mouth purse, my body shiver and I find myself making a
gaging sound. For this reason, I try my best to stay away. Emeril Lagasse gives me the same reaction every time I see him BAM!ing or GARLIC!ing or ADDING A GLASS OF WINE, WHOA!ing. (Update: He’s now off the Food Network. Maybe the execs read my rant? Nahh, he’s in the works for a new show on another channel – toned down possibly?) God, kill me. I’m now getting a skin rash. But I must get through this post. If I save just one, JUST ONE person through my mission, I will feel satisfied.
I digress. At least Emeril owns his own restaurants, has been a head chef, went to culinary school and has a decent show where he’s not feeding into this whole idea of producing a food TV show that’s “safe, fun and absolutely k-razy’ that seems to be overtaking the stupid Food Network these days. Anyone watch that show called “The Next Food Network Star“? Yes, I gave a few of the reruns a whirl. There was one contestant named “JAG” who was very proud of his Latino background. During one episode he mentioned in a radio interview that there is a lack of minorities on the Food Network and that’s one of the reason’s he thought it was important that he won. This is something I’ve thought about for years. Where are the REAL cooks? Where are the REAL chefs? Where are the cooks that look like the people I meet here in Brooklyn? They sure as fuck don’t look like Rachel Ray or frigginGiada DiLaurentis and her cleavage getting in the way of her Barilla pasta recipes (don’t even get me started). If I even begin to discuss Sandra “Life-size blow-up doll” Lee and her friggin’ “tablescapes”, I may pass out of exhaustion. My newest nemesis – or nemesis’s (if that’s even a word) – Ingrid Hoffman. I’m not saying that the Food Network must get someone who even kind of looks Latino or has a Latino name, and I know she was raised in Columbia and has a restaurant in Miami, blah blah blah. But, it’s just hard to swallow why Food Network continues to make these choices. When I’m watching the good food TV on PBS, like Latino cooking show Daisy Cooks! with Daisy Martinez, it just makes more sense as to why Food Network chooses yet another aesthetically beautiful “cook” who is “entertaining” and “Caucasian-looking” over a host who looks like many of the Latino cooks I know here in Brooklyn (like Daisy). Is it just me? Does it make sense to you?
I feel as though Rachel Ray catapulted the Food Network into changing the momentum of what the network originally stood for. Remember the old days of Molto Mario and a few minorities like that Curtis guy? When Emeril said BAM! only once every other show and it was barely animated? Sara Moulton was the hottest woman on the network – and one of the more exciting in personality? Her voice may sound like nails on a chalkboard, but she’s not even annoying because she was being herself! Not some animated cartoon character brainwashed to grab ratings.
Now, to the positives (still mixed with a few negatives… come on, what do you expect!!). Mario Batali is still a part of the Food Network. (Update: Again, I’m wondering if someone at TFN read this shitty piece of journalism? Mario is gone as well!) He continues to show intelligence, passion and vision (NOT ANYMORE – YOU’VE COMPLETELY LOST IT FN!). Emeril’s “Essence of Emeril” is still on and continues to make me hate Emeril alot less than when I’m forced to pass through the channel at 8pm, catching a glimpse of that other show I love so much. Iron Chef America, love it! Except that boring, we-have-no-other-woman-who-has-a-degree-from-a-culinary-school-to-represent-
women-on-this-show-so-we-were-forced-to-choose-this-biznatch, Cat Cora. CAT CORA!?! WHAT!!??! I can barely watch this show when she is on! If I have to see her create boring dishes and win again (I swear, the shows she’s on are fixed recently – probably b/c her losses were starting to be greater in number than her wins!). Oh, and I can’t even consider drinking Ouzo anymore because of her. Anywho’s, back to the positives. Alton Brown is still a part of the Food Network. He’s smart, witty, nerdy and cool all at the same time. He really does know his shiznit and I enjoy anything he’s a part of (he makes watching a Cat Cora Iron Chef tolarable). Sara Moulton is still kind of on – at a weird time when only stay-at-home-mom’s and the unemployed have time to watch TV. I’m not sure if she makes new episodes? (Again, wtf!? She’s g-g-gooone! Thanks for reading, Bob Tuschman!) One last positive, Bobby Flay. I can’t believe I’m writing this!! I just recently starting kind of liking Bobby Flay. I’ve always thought he had talent, but his ego just rubbed me the wrong way. Ever since he has been willing to deflate his ego (loosing a few times at Iron Chef America and loosing most times on Throwdown), I’ve realized he’s not so bad. I do think he’s a good and creative chef (except that “3 Sauce” trademark needs to go!).
All in all, I’ve ranted enough. Just realized I missed the chance to discuss Michael “Seriously, I’m a real Italian-American! Did you hear me pronounce mozzarell? Gobba-goo? Proccuit? Did you see how many hand gestures I make?!” Chiarello or Ina “Do I make anything other than roasted chicken?” Garten. That can be for a later post. Thanks for reading my rant. It’s something Jonny and I rant about often. I know I”m not alone with all this… please, tell me I’m not alone!
PS: If you’re really interested in venting your RR frustrations, head to http://community.livejournal.com/rachael_ray_sux/
Here’s another WANF reader chiming in on Ray-Ray too! http://normalmagazine.blogspot.com/2007/12/rachel-ray-devils-best-friend.html
**Update: It seems as though the powers that be (ie: Bob Tuschman) understands this rant. There are now 5 (count ‘em FIVE) non-Caucasian Food Network personalities with shows (including my “one to watch” at the time, Daisy Martinez) out of 27. The Neely’s are counted as two separate non-Caucasians, so that would only be 4 shows out of 27. That’s up a lot from 2007 when this post went live. I’d like to say I had something to do with it but, I’m guessing, I didn’t. But maybe, just maybe, some intern downloaded my rant and handed it to a powers that be and it got them just a little pissed off. It’s my dreamworld, ok?
Also, feel free to check out some of our other Food Network commentary:
Get our feed by email
Download our podcasts
Follow us on Twitter
Subscribe to our feed
I think this might just be the most well-written rant about the most annoying people on the food network EVER…although, I must say that I appriciate the original Iron Chef more than Iron Chef America…good day!
God, kill me now!! You are my long lost Rachel Ray hating soul mate if I ever met one. Read my blog long enough and you will find yet another person on the face of this planet who would like to whack her upside the head with a cleaver and leave the evidence behind.
Great f-ing post man!! You tell it like it is and I loved it.
btw…..thanks for visitng my blog. I love yours! You are now on my blogroll
Hate is never too strong a word with Ray-Ray — I can’t take seriously a grown woman who says “sammies” — although I think there’s a special circle in hell for the likes of SLop (Sandra Lee). Yes, bring on the short cut processed foods loaded with chemicals and sodium. Blech.
[...] 6th, 2007 by Jonathan So, recenty I’ve been noticing that my blog-rant about the annoying Rachel Ray (and many other Food Network ‘personalities’) has been producing big hits on this blog [...]
I applaud this rant and give it an A+.
And don’t get me started on Emeril. He’s just on a whole level with me. Everytime I hear him yell BAM I think I grow a year older and become even more withered.
I cannot get over how people will just hate other people because they are ‘too happy’. Some of these people are doing what they love and are actually happy about it and then some close minded baffoon comes along and has to hate them for it. I read a comment about Rachel Ray from some yahoo saying that they used to really like her until she became popular. Grow up people, find something more constructive to spend your energy on.
JOHN!!! FINALLY!!! Someone who disagrees posts a comment. I LOVE you for it. It’s amazing to me how many have read this rant and feel differently… thank you so much for having the balls to let me know what you think. I do think you’re right though… some people do ‘hate’ on others who are ‘too happy’. I am one of them often – but only w/ people I know well. If anyone is their true self, NO ONE is always happy 100% of the time… come on! As for RR, I think she’s fooling anyone who believes she’s “too happy”. That’s the ruse and that’s one of the reasons she annoys me… it’s her fakeness and over-the-topness. I wish she would just tone it down, be herself, and stop trying to overly please network execs all the time. Just my 2 cents, but SERIOUSLY, John… thank you so much for the comment. -amy
Yeah to all Rachael Ray haters. She cooks the crappiest foods. I can’t stand when she has to collect everything she needs in one swoop. I think I saw her add the kitchen sink to one of her dishes. LOL Who comes up with her recipes?? They ought to be shot!
She thinks she’s so cute and cool. Barf.
Wish Food Network would pick up Daisy. I miss her from PBS.
I love the “life size blow up doll” comment. LOL She’s better than RR though.
hahaha. You REALLY hate her! I mean she is annoying as hell but god damn lol. What do you think about paula dean and her butter?
Ahhh, thatpessimist – you had one of the funniest posts re: the foodnetwork chicks I’ve read. I must give it some props: http://thatpessimist.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/the-girls-of-food-network/
Anyways, since you asked, Paula Dean is one of the ladies of TFN that didn’t completely make me want to rip the TV out of the wall. It took a bit of time to find her cackle kind of grating. The whole ‘bringin’ on the boys thing is stupid and cheesy. me and my husband think they are high everytime they are on – and have you ever seen their show? they are TOTALLY fucked up on drugs on that thing! hilarious. My fave thing about Paula is her boss-hog-looking husband. he’s friggin’ hilarious. Sometimes I wonder if he’s mute, then I realize he must be deaf too in order to live with Paula. As for her ‘recipes’… well, I’d like to live to 40, so I’ll never try one. I also am convinced that she probably is hiding a slave or 5 in her basement – they just seem like they’re totally old-school southern. Thanks, pessimist! we all need a bit of pessimism in our life sometimes!
I do agree about Rachel Ray. I was shopping in my supermarket in Connecticut last night and her sing-song voice started telling me which crackers to buy. There is no escape. BUT ages ago I saw her on Iron Chef (she’d been assisting Mario) and before the judging they had a word with her. She was sweaty, real, and exhausted and she said “this was the toughest thing I’ve ever done, I’m not a chef, just a cook.”
My heart went out to her; was that the real Rachel and she just thinks we want the wind-up doll?
Who knows.
A year ago I could have written this same post! Ok, I couldn’t have written it so well, but the sentiment would have been the same. Then, something happened. I’m not sure what it was, but suddenly I found myself not disliking the Rach. Suddenly I found myself….liking her. And now? Now she’s one of my faves on the Food Network. What the hell??!! How did that happen?
I feel so dirty.
I haven’t seen Rachael Ray before but I just youtubed her and could only find take-offs, versions of her talkshow, pictures of her in a mens magazine put to music, and video plugging her cookware.
There wasn’t a lot linking her to food!! The only thing I can find so far is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxP6MGvO_s
So yeah, I can’t really comment on her cooking ability so far. I have read other articles though that criticize her, particularly this one which is worth a read: http://www.hellchef.com/foodblog/2007/5/10/why-i-dont-like-rachel-ray.html
wow, you folks seriously need a hobby
we do – making fun of rachel ray and other food network folks! we also like macrame, photography, long walks on the beach and, if you couldn’t tell from the contents of this blog, cooking. Thanks for the comment, Maverick. Or is this Iceman?
Um. This IS our hobby, topgun, where’s yours? Time for you to head back into the danger zone.
Anywho, Amy, I do share your feelings on Sandra and Ingrid. I love how Ingrid pronounces everything in perfect English until it comes to “myee keetchen.” WTF. Oh, and Robin what’s-her-face, the one who makes 42 meals from one slab of pork? She drives me bananas. Don’t try any of her recipes, they are awful.
But..::blush:: I do tend to like me a bit of RR here and there. Love her recipes, but hate that she sold out to Dunkin’ Donuts. Mario Batali is sadly gone as is Sara Moulton. I guess all the actual chefs are discovering what most of us already knew!
i see your point. but she’s still wellfit and would defo fancy a shag!
Ray-Ray is widely regarded as The Devil.
I have to repost this comment from Melissa in the right place… it’s hilarious. If you’re under 16, I’d recommend talking to your parents before listening to this.
FROM: melissa
ok well leave it to maliss to dirty the place up, but you are going to love this rachel ray video. You are not the only one who has intense dislike for this woman!! enjoy
http://www.celebrityposer.com/news/rachel-ray-giving-a-handjob-audio-recording/
We totally hate all the same people! We should be BFFs.
I think we are BFFS! I love hating people! Who else do you hate!?! you also curse like a mutha fuckin’ sailor on your blog!! Fuck yeah! fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck…
fuck that felt good.
fuck you rachel ray (sorry, readers, having a case of Tourettes)
[...] Rachel Ray – Maybe Hate is a Strong Word? [...]
I don’t “hate” Rachel Ray, but I do hate what she stands for. Mass Marketing of bad food. Inspiring cooks to purchase pre-grated cheese, pre-chopped vegetables..The whole “I’m not a chef, I’m a cook” thing works on my nerves. At her position in life, she could spend a few months at a culinary school. I would go in a heartbeat if I could afford it. I RESENT the mass market, dumbing down of everything, especially good, clean, healthy food. Recently on her show, she made a cheesesteak pizza, loaded to the gills with too much of everything, appealing to the binge eater who’s idea of good food has more to do with high calorie count than cuisine. It’s not that I’m a food snob..it’s just that I think her idea of food is the last thing fat America needs right now. I am Italian and I come from a legacy of wonderful “cooks” and I just don’t relate to her food. It’s all about marketing and her making a lot of money and selling out even further “americanizing” Italian food. I walk around Italy and I see a LOT of thin people, hardly any fat Italians. But, America has an obesity epidemic from this kind of cooking…
I can barely stand the food network anymore.
Excellent post. I’m one of those people from RRSUX community. I hate her mainly because she can’t cook for crap. Other FN personalities are somewhat annoying but they have the talent and skills to make up for the annoyance. Rayray on the other hand has no redeeming quality whatsoever. She looks pretty on her magazine covers because they are photoshopped beyond recognition. She sounds like screeching tires because she is a heavy smoker and she won’t admit it.
Her recipes are shit. Come on, hot dog mac and cheese? Cheeseburger salad? Why would anyone want to make those?
She pledged to help combat obesity but she douses everything she makes with EVOO and cheese and don’t even get me started on her Dunkin Donuts affiliation. She is the most hypocritical piece of shit ever.
oh, awielek… when can we hang out? this is the best comment out of the 24 previous. you’re my (our) hero. – amy and jonny
Amy and Jonny, thanks for the kind words. Wow, not only can you guys cook, you hate Rachael Ray too?
I’ve browsed your blogs and found some amazing looking food. You seem dedicated to cooking food as authentically as possible – something I really enjoy doing. That’s why I hate Rachael Ray so much. I don’t think she is passionate about cooking at all; she instead chooses to bastardize things that could be made by investing a little more time and care. I guess Food Network in general has lost their way but Rayray epitomizes this dumbing down of cooking.
Btw – Awesome blog and I am subscribing to your RSS feed.
If you guys are ever in the Denver area give me a holler. We could sit down over sushi and sake
Oh I’ve got friends in Denver – a few! I used to live in Breckenridge about 10 years ago. I love Colorado. Thanks for noticing our mission – to discuss food culture and be as authentic as possible. You are right on -she does neither. this is why she makes me crazy. food tells a story and if she refuses to discuss these stories well, to me, she blows. but to be honest, there are too many of those types these days on TFN. I’d say 75% are shit in that way. I know not many care for the way Molto Mario was, but to me, that was the best show on there. He discussed the ingredients, talked about authentic recipes and also the culture where the food/recipe comes from.
it’s too early…don’t get me started. congrats on your new blog!! and thanks for adding us to your feed. we appreciate the support!
You are hilarious! Where on earth did you get those pics of RR? Are they for real?
I am proud to admit I don’t have cable, so I rarely get to watch TFN. I have only caught glimpses while staying in hotels, but the few times I stumbled across RR’s show, I couldn’t figure out why the hell she is so popular. I have probably watched a grand total of 45 minutes of her, but even that was enough to make me vomit.
All the good chefs are on PBS, anyway, so I guess I am not missing much by not having access to TFN. DEATH TO TFN!
PS – Jonathan – the “slaves in the basement” comment nearly made me pass out, I was laughing so hard!!
Hey, Jen! Unfortunately, those nasty-ass pics of Ray-Ray are “real” – or if you count photoshopped and airbrushed real. i’m sure she dressed up in those little outfits, but the one of her putting the turkey in the oven just looks completely fake!!
I think you can be the person who can vouch for the fact that rache is really annoying considering the fact that you formed that opinion based on a total of 45 minutes worth of TV watching. You go girl! I may have to quote you on that one!
and thanks for reminding me to look back at past comments! I still believe that paula is hiding slaves somewhere! i feel like it’s hard for her to not use the n-word in sentences… i could be wrong here, but segregation never really ended down in her neck ‘o da woods!
please stop by again!
amy and jonny
Are you guys serious? You spend your days and nights to hate on Rayray? I understand people who dislike certain tv personalities but c’mon you are getting a little extreme. If you don’t like her THAT much then just don’t watch her. So far these were all the complaints you had for her
-Raspy voice
-She does not cook good/authentic food
-she is too happy (if thats even possible)
-she is fake and putting on a show
-her meals don’t make sense
-she cooks too fatty food
That is just the short list. You did write a good article because you explained your point but I think she is a great person. Whether is being fake on tv or not, well it sells doesnt it? Have you never seen a singer, actor, or anyone else that is required to be in front of cameras? Usually they are totally different than their real selves. They have to do what will sell them and their product. If Ray went on the camera boring, quiet, and doing the same thing as everyone else, do you think anyone would watch her? No. If she did not coin the term EVOO, or any of her other little fun sayings, do you think people would stay interested? She is not over the top with anything, she cooks, she is fun to watch, she may dumb things down but guess what, not everyone is a damn chef that watches. Some people have 4 kids and don’t have time to grate their own cheese and chop their own veggies. Her 30-minute meal concept is perfect for the average parent.
So please, get over yourselves, respect her audience and find something else to watch. If all you can do is hate on Racheal for such simple things, I am afraid to see what you guys are like for stars like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. They give you something to hate on and gossip about. Rachel on the other hand, does her job and does it well.
To Chase:
If you don’t like this post why did you comment on it?
So let me get this straight, her fans have time to watch her hour-long daytime show but they only have 30 minutes to cook? Oh, I know, they must live 25-hour long days.
Why are you making assumptions that we spend days and nights doing this? I’m more interested in good cooking than RR. But even if Even if I do, so what? I still think Hot dog mac and cheese, cheeseburger salad, hot dog salad and osso bucco made with ground veal are disgusting and that makes her a bad cook. I still think Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and RR are proof positive that one’s popularity isn’t directly proportional to their talent.
As for her perkiness, she is just not my cup of tea. I thought everyone was entitled to their own opinion. Oh, but only if they don’t differ from yours. Right.
I must go, I don’t want to turn this beautiful blog into a snark site.
Wow. I started today with some PBS cooking fabulousness and googled “what ever happened to Sarah Moulton” and landed here. How serendipitous to also have my “What ever happened to Mario Batali” question answered at the same time. A few thoughts:
I wholeheartedly agree with 90% of what’s stated above — that said, I also agree with the comment that RR is trying to do something worthwhile: get the average family to be a little less daunted by cooking, and actually make a whole meal (most often 2 or 3 courses) on a weeknight. Cooking for friends. Trying new ingredients. Not being intimidated by the kitchen. It’s a worthwhile mission. It’s just too bad that she completely bastardizes it by dousing everything in olive oil. I’m sorry, but there’s no way a meal with 1/2 cup of olive oil (988 calories, 108 grams of fat) is “figure friendly.”
My main problem with TFN is how obviously overproduced everything has become. It used to be fun and scrappy – cooking is messy and involves making mistakes and they used to show that. Now when they show cooks making mistakes, everything is corrected after the break and the kitchen is spotless again. You can also see how the shows evolve, as if the producer’s notes are written across the screen (be perkier! say BAM more! come up with a catch phrase!! MORE CLEAVAGE!) It’s just so…desperate.
The one person missing from your rant is Tyler Florence. I can’t even watch that guy. Define “the ultimate” for me please, if you would, you arrogant hack. To him it seems that everything ultimate just includes 2 cups of cream and a few sticks of butter. By that definition, he should just reproduce Paula Dean’s recipes and call it a day.
Phew! I think that’s all.
I too despise the RR monster but like a previous poster I’d shag her, but only with earplugs in.
But she’s damn sexy in these pictures. I’d stuff her turkey!
I think I’ve died and gone to heaven after reading this post- which states VERY comprehensively ALL and EVERY one of my sentiments regarding RR and FN in general. My sense is that RR hypes it up for the camera so much so that I can’t bear to watch– you know, the way a bad high school actor over exaggerates every influection and recites their lines at warp speed. Too bad she’s caught up on being this persona on camera, because in person, I suspect she might be less irritating–she seems much more toned down in interviews. It is to my profound disappointment though that has the world has now sunk to NEW depths with the Rachel Ray TALK show. Who the hell thought that one up, and WHY?
Why is she successful? Because she’s Disney in the Kitchen folks. HEY- that’s what American culture is all about after all, –isn’t it?
And don’t get me started on Giada.
I understand the complaints against Ms. Ray. However I really feel that most of the “hatred” for her comes from those who have attended a culinary school. Some folks criticize her food and there is nothing wrong with that, but the moment someone gripes about her not attending a culinary academy is the moment I stop listening. This implies that in order to be a good chef, you must have attended a chef training program. This is as incorrect as the position that only artists who went to art school are good at art. There is no reason whatsoever that someone can’t outcook a trained chef with experience and raw talent. I am not saying Rachel Ray could achieve this, she probably couldn’t. So please, use specifics if you are trying to describe your reasons for not liking someone’s cooking, or art, or whatever and refrain from the “she never went to chef schoo!” whining. It smacks of simple jealousy and nothing more. Furthermore, the reason Rachel Ray is preferable to the Food Network is that she appeals to the “Wal-Mart crowd”, which comprises of 90% of the population of this country. If you’ve got a network that showed only high-end chefs using ingredients like fiddlehead ferns and escargo, hardly anyone would watch it. Think of Rachel Ray as the beginner’s course. She has a brought a lot of people to their stovetops and got them cooking. Maybe some of those people move on to actually attend a culinary academy because she got them into it. You gotta start somewhere right? So ease off a bit and quit hating…it affects your cooking!
I would do Rachel Ray in the butt!
Oh God, get over yourself, sister. This rant reads like it was written by a dropout, and you appear to have missed your meds.
med free and with a masters, sistah. but, you’re right… the writing is pretty bad. it’s because i wrote it while in a tizzy – I was very annoyed and kind of wrote it stream-of-conscious. it was me venting, not trying to write a article for a magazine.
Yes, I hate how the Food Network uses chefs that get good ratings as well. I especially hate how they choose attractive people to be television personalities. Those bastards. They should put more ugly and unpopular chefs on. That would make perfect sense.
I loathe Rach Ray. But I loath her because I hate ANYONE in the food industry who are really bastard or bitches behind closed doors. Stories of her being a *unt are endless. Batali has no respect for her, and thats fine because he is a LEGEND in the culinary world. If he thinks she sucks, thats fine. Now Bourdain is another story. He can hate her because shes a bitch or a mean snatch or gives lousy head, but NOT because he thinks she sucks in the kitchen because HE’S JUST NOT THAT GOOD. He makes his living telling people, whether they want to listen or not, that he is a heavy partier (or was), he’s a real cool guy because he liked the ramones before anyone else did and he fancies himself a rebel. (news flash, once you make money at being a arsehole, the rebelliousness is gone.) But he is run of the mill when it comes to culinary prowess. There are HUNDREDS of thousands of chefs as talented or MORE talented than him. So he has no business being a food snob when it comes to Ray.
Because truth be told if 90% of the guys out there hooked up with a broad who could cook like Ray, they’d be bragging about what a great cook she is. And, compared to MOST americans, she is. American woman as a whole ALWAYS joke about being lousy cooks, because MAKING RESERVATIONS is much more appealing to most women than MAKING FOOD.
Does she suck compared to Batali? Of course, he is the Caruso of the culinary world, a once in a lifetime talent. (can you imagine HIM AND WHITE IN THE SAME KITCHEN?) She also sucks compared to Emiril, Puck, Flay, Boni, Bastianich etc/ She bites compared to most chefs who AREN’T celebrity chefs. But I’m sure she can cook CIRCLES around that slob Garten, all boobs Giada, Alton brown, and many others. She’s just annoying. ANd a *unt in real life.
I don’t think she deserves the break she got, but that’s many people.
And any woman with an ass THAT big should be blessed with AT LEAST a B cup.
Great. Grammer police. Go fuk yourselves.
But, great rant. This should be an opening chapter to ranting every single host on the FC.
Mario never attended C school either. And he’s the best Italian celebrity chef that has EVER LIVED. Giada, on the other hand, is everything that is wrong with Italian cooking today. Her head is enourmous, she over pronounces Italian words, and she is far to precious to be any good.
Oh, some poster actually posted that they’ve been to Italy and NEVER seen a fat italian? Yeah, OK. I believe you. Get real. I lived and worked throughout Italy. Beleive me, there are PLENTY of fat Italians. More active than fat people here, but just as fat. Food means far far too much to the Italian people for it NOT to have claimed its fair share of lardasses. But they walk, and walk and walk. And eat and eat and eat. I loved it then, and I love it now.
What the food channel needs is a colorful Italian AMERICAN cook. I know, I know,its not what the food snobs want. But its what AMERICA wants. Meatballs or Tonnato? Please. Scampi or Gamberetti. Again. No contest. I love Mario and even HE understands the importance of Litty Italy cooking.
Annoying list.
1. THe barefoot contesta. (the thought of barefoot makes me puke a little) Yeah, we know. You married money (You CERTAINLY DIDN’T MAKE IT YOURSELF. THAT LITTLE GOURMET SHOP BARELY HUNG ON) You have a ton of gay friends, so your a now, PC person. And grey sea salt is simply A MUST. Go F yourself.
2. Semi home made or whatever she’s called.
3. Giada. Her hands have NEVER TOUCHED a knife unless a camera is on them or her husband is getting too old.
4. Ray, because she’s such a phony.
5. Alton Brown. I know I’m in the minority, but food just can’t be broken down into a mathematical formula. Maybe if you have all day to cook for 4 people, but not in real food life.
Oh, I LOVE that MILF who makes 3 or four meals at once. Can’t cook for crap, but THAT is hot.
not one good rant comment by nck, but two! we appreciate the opinions.
If you dont like any of the people who are on food network, why do you watch it? Are all of you so perfect? Im sure Ray could care less about what you think about her. She has money, and she has 2 shows, what do you have haters????
you’re alone
I think Rachel Ray is HOT! When I watch her show I want to eat more than her cooking.
But she has a very annoying voice and I do not like when she talks. It’s a turn off. If she didn’t talk, she would be a goddess, but when she talks it’s like nails on a chalk board.
don’t all of you idiots know nobody is paying attention to what she cooks they’re looking at her
It’s really sad to see a bunch of idiots hating somebody just because they are successful and famous get over it! Thier rich and famous and your not… who cares! If you don’t like her or anyone on the food network then maybe….. you just shouldnt watch the food network. Problem solved! Wow, just keep it off that channel and move on with your pathetic life. Jeeze.
BAHAHAHA
can anyone say
photo shop?!
wow, there aint no way, rachael has way bigger tits than that!!!
You are silly, You just wasted time you will never get back ranting about mostly Women who are making a name for themselves. Keeping us entertained..what is the point of watching tv if its not entertaining, the network is only doing thier job giving ppl who are entertaining easy to follow and make easy meals like Ray her recipies are great I don’t have all day to prepare a gormet meal like most Moms her show keeps my meals intresting for the limited time I have to prepare them…keepping the viewers entertained I’d rather watch her than someone who just blabs on which you seem to do…maybe thats why your not whre you want to be. Do I detect a green monster here. Get over it some are doing better than you…it happens no need to rant on other ppl because you are not where you want to be
shes hot
who cares what you think
Yeah, maybe to some Rachel is annoying, but consider, if I was offered a show, having little talent, I’d jump at it. She was in the right place at the right time. That’s all. I am far from a chef, I am just a cook, but my wife and Mom in Law, like most of what I make. If someone came up to me and said, “I’m going to offer you a show at more money you ever made”, hell man, I’d be there with bells on. Malto was always too arrogant for me, Perhaps my taste is not that refined, so be it. If I cook something that every one likes, who cares if the oil came from the west side of the third hill in northern France?
She had an opportunity, and she took it. You can’t blame her for that.
Bill,
Colorado
Wraow, saucer of milk, table 12.
Isn’t it supposed to be about the food? If they show me decent, easy to prepare meals that don’t call for extra virgin goat scrotums, grown only on the east side of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the months of July through August “but available at your local fine foods store” if you happen to live in New York or Florence, then I could care less about the personality, ethnic background, or breast size of the cook. I like Rachel just because it’s basic family feeding food that you can buy at Kroger or Tom Thumb or Giant Eagle. Annoying, maybe. Good recipes, yes.
I totally agree with you on many things.
I used to like rachael ray but she has become intolerable the past year probably.
Alton brown is probably the only person on the food network I will always love. Ina Garten sickens me everything is “really good” and he laugh makes me cringe. Sandra Lee’s tablescapes are completely ridiculous and yes she does look like a retired porn star lol
Lots of Malaysian / Asian like Rachel Ray & Martha Stewart tv program.. interesting and lively..
wow ,oh n hi ,well ur still beautiful thats 4 sure n i wish i could eat your fixnz.
Seriously, who cares if she can cook! That pic up there of her looking over her shoulder with that amazing booty is good enough for me! I’ll do the cooking, she can just walk around with that crazy booty.
thinking just like a man, brian. great comment – that “crazy booty”. LOOOOL.
You jackasses just don’t get it, and neither does the FN. The mistake the FN makes is that they create cookie cutter Rachel Rays of all shapes, colors and sizes (lets not forget that big ole sweet pile of southern fried crap that no one seems to remember Paula Dean) as well as developing a competition show to find the “Next Rachel Ray” that’s produced one non-bomb in its many attempts (Guy Fieri) to capitalize on the RR phenomena. I don’t hate Rachel Ray, I can’t hate someone for having “it” I do hate greedy, lazy, un-creative network heads like that thin nosed ass crack sniffing fool that heads up the FN (yeah you Bob Tuschman) who perpetuate the Rachel clone phenomenon. I more than most of you foam heads would love to see Fast Food My Way and the Kitchen Sessions book-ended by 30 minute and Good Eats on a week night for a line up that can satiate a wide spectrum of viewers. I can’t even tell you how many Rachel clones have come and gone since the Rachel phenomenon began but the sheer number of failures should send the FN a message that maybe its time to be little more diverse. Maybe we don’t need a puerto rican, a black, an italian, a gay, an old, a young, a red-headed, two black, an asian (oh wait, haven’t done that one yet!) a baker, and on and on Rachel clones. That isn’t the kind of diversity the FN needs, it needs to make more interesting TV with DIFFERENT characters. That’s what you jackasses need to communicate. I mean why can’t DD&D have an upscale version (Great Chefs anyone?) of that show. Do we really need to have hours on end of shows like Unwrapped and cake bakers and dessert competitions? Take a look at the shows that have a buzz, NoReservations, DD&D and Zimmern diverse with a charismatic host if need be and a point of view. I’d love to see if the FN would try to create a non edgy Bourdain, maybe that’s Fieri, in any case it worked. Oh btw for the Bourdain hater (pencil nck i think?), if you happen to be a successful chef in NYC which AB was, that would put him somewhere in the top 1% of chefs in the world. I’m sure you’d love to chow on some of Dave Lieberman’s Good Deal wouldn’t you? So here’s the deal Mr. FN ass crack sniffer stop giving us cheap, “colorful” knock offs of Rachel and give us some real cooking shows!
Yeahhhhhhhh….
But she’s HOT!
Wow, this all sounds so immature to talk about someone like this. Are you bashing them because you have actual reasons for hating them, or is it because you are secretly jealous of these people? I am all for you having your own opinion, but it’s kinda lame to express your opinion like this. You wouldn’t really want anyone to talk like this about you…Just saying.
HEY ADMIN I HOPE YOU AND ALL UR FAMILY DIES I PRAY THAT IT HAPPENS FUCK YEAH FUCK Fuck yeah! fuck fuck fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck…
fuck that felt good.
STOP HATING ON rachel ray (sorry, readers, having a case of Tourette YA’LL R ALL MAD CUZ SHES FUCKEN HOT AND YALL ARE PROLLY FAT AND UGLY AND ONLY UR MOTHER SAYS UR CUTE AND BEAUTIFUL PARENTS HAVE TO SAY THAT ABOUT THEIR OWN KIDS ALL OF YALL SHOULD DIE SOON IM PRAYING THAT IT HAPPENS SOON
very mature, chkntits. thanks! your opinion is about as important to us as learning how to spell correctly was to you.
and, thanks also for the best wishes for our families. Rest assured our families will someday die, but hopefully not before yours.
btw… i don’t think we’re that ugly or fat. but you can decide for yourself by clicking “about us” on the top of the page.
and, love the name! Is it an alias or do you really have chicken tits?
Rachel is so beautiful and smart! I do not care what other jelaous people speak about her! Go, go Rachel!
My two teenagers discovered Rachel Ray and suddenly got interested in food and cooking, shopping for it and yes, even showing up in the kitchen to make some. They like the humour and silliness, the level of difficulty (”the easier and faster, the better” is their motto) and the type of dishes RR makes. I am happy, hubby is happy and there is new stuff at the dinner table.
Just like in the world of food, it is matter of taste and there is no need to get your aprons in a massive twist over it. Turn of the TV, go elsewhere, or send petitions to the progamming executives, whatever. Or whip up something sweeter and frothier than your horrid rant. Cin cin!
P.S. We do not shop at WalMart or eat at fast food/chain restaurants, thank you very much.
I’m glad your kids got into food – regardless of how they got into it. if it was thru ray-ray, then so be it. i’m glad. happy, actually. but i can’t wait till they are mature enough to recognize that they need to learn more about food and search for better chefs to do so. learning about food and food culture doesn’t end w/ yum-o.
Good looking people do better in every occupation where people choose who gets the job. If that process of choice is eliminated then it does not matter but otherwise….
Is cooking exempt? Yes, if the chef is hidden in the kitchen but if a TV camera is turned on…. Anything to do with the media is impacted to a degree by looks. It would not matter if Ray even did the cooking or knew much about food.
Rachel Ray is fine as hell man. I agree listening to her talk can be annoying but i’d totally hit it. I mean i’d be licking her ass and everything
i think that would fall into the category of \tmi.
Shut up, frenchie.
I used to like RR when she first had her show on. Then, the little catch phrases started. “EVOO” “YUMMO” and so on. I don’t really hate her but I don’t really like her either. Yes, I have watched Giada, Guy, Emmiril(sp?) and all the others. Some have entertained me while others were turned off after 5 minutes. Have I watched some of these shows because of the women? Yep. I’ll be the first to admit it. I think Giada is very attractive. I also thought RR was attractive too(A little weight gain has diminished the appeal now). People, this is a free country. I support anyones rights to hate/love what ever you want even if it differs from my opinion. Yes, FN screwed up and tried to have a whole network of Rachels. Didn’t work. There are still some decent shows on the channel and I will still watch some of them when I can. 1 thing I will say is that she was in the right place at the right time and most of us would have done the same thing if put in her position.
personally i don’t care for the new reality tv spin FN has taken that being said i like didn’t really get into cooking until rachel ray got to the network because she made it so accessable. i used to think FN was pretentious but if it gets anymore dumbed down i think were going to be in some serious trouble:(
great comment, shana! i think you’re right…
How pathetic to just sit around hating someone you have never met. I personally like her. I mean she can be annoying at times but generally she has a nice perky personality and makes it very easy to pick up some cooking tips. you don’t have to be a profesional chef to know how to cook and that’s what her whole show was based on. it’s recipies that average people can make at home. who do you think the average person is going to be able to pick up a recipe from? a professional chef with all kinds of advanced techniques or someone who just cooks well at home?
I almost wish I could have gotten past the first picture with comment on it. lol. That was the point I realized it was written by a jealous girl from the Bronx. Shame on you for hating such a decent person. Maybe you should check out her bio and see that she really is a cool chef girl!
who’s from the bronx? and there’s no hate involved!
She did appear on Iron chef with a 4some.
Giada De Laurentiis & Bobby Flay / Rachael Ray & Mario Batali
Everyone is different when it comes to taste.
I am not a fan of Batali. If I want to eat Italian, I
can cook it myself at home. Never goto a restaurant for it.
However; I watch the shows to see how more complex
I can get. They, no matter how low of complexity it is,
have useful knowledge which I can gain.
Personality and usefulness is the key.
Rach brings many bachelors or families a nice
new attitude of “can do”. Simplicity. That is what is
geared towards the shows and have yet to be to one
of the Top Chefs restaurants. Hopefully soon.