Rachael Ray ?

Question

Did Rachael Ray ever go to cooking school ?? ..All she evr talks about is learning from her job at IHOP when she was a teen..and when she went on a show with Paula Deen ..paula was practically having a CORONARY because Rachael would never measure anything when she was baking ...just wondering ??

Answer 1

Rachael Ray did not go to culinary school.

She never cooked or even prepped at any fine dining restaurant.

Most people doubt that she's spent much time reading any sort of culinary texts unless you want to count reading the recipes off the backs of cake mix.

But that's not her appeal. She's cheery, chipper and non-threatening. Her food and "technique" are quick (30min meals right?) and easy enough for the middle american audience she draws to slap together between Franklin Mint purchases. And those 30 minute meals which were born out trying to hawk foods in her jobs as a Cowen & Lobel staffe. So it's basically advertising experience, not cooking, which has served so well in her climb to TV popularity.

Answer 2

i really like her but she talks so much..
i don't think she went to school

Ray's family owned a restaurant in Massachusetts and her mother managed restaurants in upstate New York. Rachael started at the candy counter at Macy's in New York City. She helped open Agata & Valentina, a New York City market. Moving upstate, she worked as buyer and chef at the Cowan & Lobel market in Albany, New York. With the success of her "30 Minute Meals" classes, Schenectady, NY TV station WRGB asked her to continue on their newscasts. This, along with a public radio appearance and the publication of her first book, led to a Today Show spot and her first Food Network contract. Starting in September, Rachael will have a new syndicated daytime talk show

Answer 3

well probably the reason why Paula Deen was upset about not measuring for baking is because it's completely different from cooking, which heck I don't even measure half the stuff I cook either. baking's very precise and Rachael's admitted to not being precise or a baker either on her show. but she's awesome nonetheless.

Answer 4

Ray did not go to culinary school. She worked as a buyer, not as a chef. It is totally unecessary for her to measure correctly, cause the chefs at food network are the ones doing the actual cooking. She is just an on air personality, not a chef.

Answer 5

I like Rachael but I don't think she went to school for cooking. She would have mentioned it by now like all of the other Food Network Stars.

Answer 6

Rachael did go to college, but I'm uncertain if it was for culinary arts. Guess you could find it somewhere on the Internet.

Answer 7

I don't believe so, at least there is no mention of it in her bio. She may not have gone to culinary school and she may use silly nicknames for things like EVOO but you can cook what she does and it turns out the same way. She's not a gourmet chef but neither are most of us.

Answer 8

She has never went to cooking school. She worked in her parents restaurant and worked in a food shop and could not get any chefs to do it for the money the store offered for in store demos. So she did the demos herself called 30 minute meals and the food network heard about it and how was show the show started.

Answer 9

Um, I'm pretty sure Rachael ray is the devil. Once she made hot dog casserole, sounds like the work of the devil.

Answer 10

No, she didn't have any formal culinary teaching, but she has worked in the food business all her life. And, no....it wasn't IHOP ;)