Talk on the street says Rachael Ray may be getting the axe before the 17th season is up. I wonder if she and John want to move to Italy permanently.
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Curtains for Rachael Ray?
- Thread starter crainbebo
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No great loss IMO. Plus, I'm guessing she doesn't need the $$ as many of the "stars" of the Food Network from back when she was really popular made their money and have long been off the air and out to pasture...Paula Deen, Emeril, Jamie Oliver, even Alton Brown is rarely around these days, etc.
I still remember Ray angering lots of restaurant staff back when she had her "$40 a day" show where she'd go to a larger city and show people it was possible to eat decent meals for $40/day. She was criticized for being downright cheap with her tipping and telling viewers it was OK to leave 10% for good service, when the norm in most larger cities tends to be upwards of 20.
I still remember Ray angering lots of restaurant staff back when she had her "$40 a day" show where she'd go to a larger city and show people it was possible to eat decent meals for $40/day. She was criticized for being downright cheap with her tipping and telling viewers it was OK to leave 10% for good service, when the norm in most larger cities tends to be upwards of 20.
10 percent is downright insulting. I understood for years that 15 percent was the norm everywhere, but have adjusted to the new unspoken minimum of 20.
I remember when the Ellen talk show was around there was stories that she let certain staff members go toxic and act like loose cannons. But then again it's a case of once certain people are powerful they end up having a dictator complex. Sure I mention this in other threads but have not heard about this one specifically about Rachel Ray.
The Food Network's most toxic people I was aware of was Paula Deen and Mario Batali at one point in their histories.
And Paula went away in large part because of her use of racial epithets and bigotry (which fans tried to discount as "normal" for a woman from the south that was raised in her generation), and Batali went away when he was called out for sexual harassment of at least one employee. Good riddence to both.
I recall a story about a time Batali did a cooking segment on one of the nationally televised morning shows. He sent his staff in, basically in the middle of the night to do a few hours of prep work, to start cooking and even make the completed dish he and the morning host would sample on the air. Batali walked into the studio about 20 minutes before the segment was to air, barked out a few orders to his staff, immediately started smiling once the cameras were on, he did his segment, and then immediately after walked out, leaving the staff to clean up. I'm not saying other chefs and even other types of entertainers don't do that type of thing, but they explained he was at times especially bad in that respect.
Rachael Ray gets emotional during last episode of her show: 'We'll see ya when we see ya'
In the final episode of the "Rachael Ray Show," the chef cooked her last dish, a crab carbonara, and received sweet messages from celebrity friends.
www.usatoday.com
Here is the final episode of Rachel Ray released.