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She will team up with Mario Batali to take on competing Chefs Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis.
She will team up with Mario Batali to take on competing Chefs Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis.
Rachael Ray to do the Iron chef show....
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gonefishin
Assistant Cook
Flay, Ray and Laurentiis...well there's three people who's names shouldn't be spoken in the same sentence as Iron Chef 
but yes...I'll watch it
thanks for the heads up
dan
but yes...I'll watch it
thanks for the heads up
dan
BigDog
Head Chef
Poor Mario. Rachael isn't one of my favorite personalities on Food Network. Regardless, I look forward to watching it. I'm a fan of ICA, and it will be interesting to see the Iron Chefs working with others not normally their sous chefs.
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
i find it interesting that they had to team up. too many/too big egos to take a loss? i'm sure their agents were involved. who's gonna buy a cookbook or kitchen gadgets from a loser?
it shows that giada and rr are not real chefs, but tv personalities with cooking backgrounds.
it shows that giada and rr are not real chefs, but tv personalities with cooking backgrounds.
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ironchef
Executive Chef
buckytom said:
I read that Giada De Laurentiis has a culinary degree and used to own or work for a catering company. As far as I know, Rachel Ray doesn't have any professional background. You would've thought that they'd team up Mario with Giada instead because of the similar Italian background. Mario's going to want to make fresh pasta and Rachel will be busting out the Golden Grain and Prego.
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
ironchef said:
something tells me that with a name like delaurentiis, she didn't sweat a whole lot catering anything.
and lol about rr and prego...
mudbug
Chef Extraordinaire
Giada is the granddaughter of movie director Gino de Laurentis. mish could probably rattle off the names of all his movies, but I can't think of one right now.
Raven
Sous Chef
I love Alton Brown on his own show, but I utterly dispise amercan versions of foreign TV Shows. (such as Iron Chef America) ICK!!
What was the big accident that Rachel Rey have during filming though? I saw the ad for ET but missed the show.
~ Raven ~
What was the big accident that Rachel Rey have during filming though? I saw the ad for ET but missed the show.
~ Raven ~
Right on Mishy,mish said:As long as it is NOT
He annoys the heck out of me!
the guy bugs me like crazy...He's bright, but who wants to watch someone play the fool
kadesma
Raven
Sous Chef
Did anyone see that episode of ET? What was the "big accident" that happened to Rachel Rey??
~ Raven ~
~ Raven ~
Giada graduated Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Paris. After working in a variety of Los Angeles restaurants, including Wolfgang Puck's Spago, she started her own business. Rachel, on the other hand, has no professional training other than some OJT (on the job training) that I can find.
What next - Rachel (30-Min Meals) Ray vs Sandra (Semi-Homemade) Lee? Actually, that might be interesting.
RE: Alton Brown. Yep, he's a food geek. He is also a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, VT - and has paid his dues in restaurant kitchens and catering. While some people may not like his "funky" style - I like it. Unlike most TV "cooking demonstrators" who spew out rote recipes - AB trys to arm his audience with a little of the science that explains what is going on when we cook. If you took Harold McGee's books, On Food and Cooking - The Science and Lore of the Kitchen and The Curious Cook, and Shirley Corriher's CookWise and made them into a TV show ... add a geeky guy with a bad haircut ... you get Good Eats! Could AB hold his own as a challenger on ICA? Probably not. But, he is a welcome relief after an hour of giggles and before an hour of BAMs.
What next - Rachel (30-Min Meals) Ray vs Sandra (Semi-Homemade) Lee? Actually, that might be interesting.
RE: Alton Brown. Yep, he's a food geek. He is also a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, VT - and has paid his dues in restaurant kitchens and catering. While some people may not like his "funky" style - I like it. Unlike most TV "cooking demonstrators" who spew out rote recipes - AB trys to arm his audience with a little of the science that explains what is going on when we cook. If you took Harold McGee's books, On Food and Cooking - The Science and Lore of the Kitchen and The Curious Cook, and Shirley Corriher's CookWise and made them into a TV show ... add a geeky guy with a bad haircut ... you get Good Eats! Could AB hold his own as a challenger on ICA? Probably not. But, he is a welcome relief after an hour of giggles and before an hour of BAMs.
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Dina
Executive Chef
I was surprised to see them pair up Rachel with Mario too. I think Bobby can cook and I give him credit for his accomplishments but I would have liked to see Giada and Mario paired up as winners. I missed the show. Does anyone know when they'll be showing it again?
mudbug
Chef Extraordinaire
Alton is my kinda geek, so I'm keepin' him. Plus he's funny. And I love his props to 'splain things.
Home chef
Senior Cook
Still waiting to hear about this supposed accident Rachel Ray was involved in...
Anyone??
Anyone??
And don't knock Alton Brown! Since they canceled Beakmans World, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Mister Wizzard, and The Muppets, he's all I get to look forward to now LOL.
Anyone??
Anyone??
And don't knock Alton Brown! Since they canceled Beakmans World, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Mister Wizzard, and The Muppets, he's all I get to look forward to now LOL.
licia
Executive Chef
I hadn't heard about an accident until I read it here. I'm not a Rachel fan - She is much too perky and insincere seeming to me - perhaps it is because she is in a hurry(?) Since she has so many shows I don't watch her at all now.
AndreainDC
Assistant Cook
yikes! has anyone else heard about this? I picked it up off an nbc website:
Food Network star Rachael Ray has signed a deal to host a daily one-hour talk show, beginning in the Fall of 2006.
andrea
Food Network star Rachael Ray has signed a deal to host a daily one-hour talk show, beginning in the Fall of 2006.
andrea
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
Michael in FtW said:
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Raven
Sous Chef
It's funny because Rachel Ray and Alton Brown are two of my favorite Food Network personalities. (my only other favorite being Paula Dean) .
Now I will admit that I don't like Alton in Iron Chef America but on his own show he's a riot.
I love Rachel Ray because she is so perky and bubbly and full of life, and the fact that she's just as cute as a bug's ear don't hurt either.
~ Raven ~
Now I will admit that I don't like Alton in Iron Chef America but on his own show he's a riot.
I love Rachel Ray because she is so perky and bubbly and full of life, and the fact that she's just as cute as a bug's ear don't hurt either.
~ Raven ~
