Posted on 08/12/2008 10:07:56 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
Say what you will about Rachael Ray, but the jaunty chef-next-door knows how to build a brand.
She began winning audiences with catch phrases like "EVOO" (for extra-virgin olive oil) on her first Food Network show, 30 Minute Meals, in 2001. Today, she has four Food Network programs, including Tasty Travels and $40 a Day. Her nationally syndicated, Oprah-backed talk show, Rachael Ray, is averaging 2.6 million viewers this season, and her Every Day With Rachael Ray magazine has 1.5 million readers. She endorses Dunkin' Donuts too--all to the tune of $18 million a year.
More established chefs also know how to play her game. Wolfgang Puck pulls in $16 million a year.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
See the home-made recipe at Post #80 for his “BAM!” seasoning. :) Love him.
“My sister tried to make several of her recipes (she loves her), and they turned out really, really bad.”
I might suggest that your sister’s cooking is the problem!
I think Paula is great. Try her dessert recipees. The orange brownies are kick a$$.
I was trying to think of Nigella. I also like her.
I can not stand the Barefoot Contessa. She is so over weight, she gets out of breath cracking pepper or moving from the stove to the cutting board. She starts weezing. I think she needs to be riding on a hoverround and on oxygen!
I agree with everything you just said. Ina Garten is just awful.
I even dislike her friends and I have never meet them.
Did I mention that my wife calls Giada a “bird faced whore”? Then when she take a bit of anything, my wife makes a vomiting noise to suggest that Giada runs off camera and throws everything back up to stay so thin.
I think I need to have a long talk with her about her Anti-Giada stance.
I looked at the recipe she followed, and the proportions seemed “off” to me (too much liquid in the soup, for example, to the amount of veggies and potatoes), and not nearly enough herbs and spices for my taste. Also, I leafed through a couple of her cookbooks that someone had for sale at one of our neighborhood rummage sales, and nothing stuck out for me as being something I just HAD TO try. It’s all a matter of taste, and everybody likes something different, I guess.
And dating Andrew Cuomo, I believe. . .
I’ve started a TV Chef Ping List. If either of you would like to be on it please let me know. :)
Lol, thanks for the offer Artemis but cooking is not my hobby!
I wanted to let you know that I’ve started a TV Chef Ping List. If you would like to be on it please let me know. Thanks. :)
I like Gordon Ramsay. His Kitchen Nightmares are eyeopeners when you see the filth in some commercial kitchens. Yuck.
It seems like Sandra Lee always has alcoholic drink recipes with her meals.
I saw the tirade that she went on regarding your affection for Giada. She is VERY jealous of Giada. Giada is gorgeous.
Anthony Bourdain claims RR is trying to take over the world. I think he’s right.
Sure! I live for Pings, LOL!
You’ve been added.
Thank you Diana. :)
I love the cooking threads, and try and catch them all.
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