By: Erin Moore for Body1Rachael Ray is posing a question to America: so you think you can cook? Ray, the popular, bubbly host of the Food Network’s “30 Minute Meals,” frequently says her success was an accident. Growing up with a Creole father and Sicilian mother, Ray helped in several of the family’s restaurants and learned about cooking along the way. A local TV segment in Albany, NY led to an offer by the Food Network, and the rest is history.
Ray says she wants to give someone – “a real person, not a chef or somebody specially trained to do this for a living” – a shot at making it. Ray and her producers will narrow down contestants into a group of five finalists who will compete for two weeks. The winner will receive training at a U.S. culinary institute, will co-host Ray’s show for a day, and be featured in her magazine Every Day With Rachael Ray.
See Ray’s Web site for contest details.
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