Rachel Ray

I love all kinds of food: Chinese, Italian, Mexican. I'll eat pretty much anything as long as it has flavor. But when it comes to Rachael Ray, she makes me lose my appetite. I used to love watching her, but that was like ten years ago. Now that I'm older I realize the importance of lowering my intake of salt - and sugar for that matter - which has caused me to look at her cooking from more of a health conscious perspective. She's been making the same junky mess ever since her show premiered in 2006! That's insane. You would think with diabetes and high blood pressure being so prevalent in US society, she would start cooking better. Based on how much the audience claps after she says something (that got old real fast, by the way), there's a lot of people who look to her as a guide for what they should eat/cook. She could help them improve their physical well-being by showing them how to make healthy meals. If she doesn't change her recipes then her show might as well be canceled, because her food looks disgusting and juvenile. I watched her make these nasty chicken burgers. She actually used both American and blue cheese. Why do you need two types of cheese on the same burger? She just sloppily put all of it together. I don't know why this comes on at 10am. I'm not that hungry when I get up on some mornings, so if I see gross looking food on television, I'll start feeling kind of sick. Once she stops cooking, the rest of the episode contains segments with people who are experts in different areas. They take the audience member's questions based on various problems they're having - for example, they'll ask how to budget their money, what to buy and what not to buy at big box stores, etc. Like most other talk programs, it's best to use as background noise. After I finished my breakfast, I got dressed, troubleshooted an issue I was having with downloading music to my phone, and did a few other things, all with this show on my TV. Her unhealthy recipes have started to wear out their welcome. I gave three stars because she's nice... At least I guess she is. I've never seen her talk over the guests or boss her husband around, as other reviewers stated. Then again, I don't watch this enough to observe how she interacts with people. Although, it is obvious she has the upper hand in her marriage. She's boisterous and her husband is soft spoken. He seems like a cool guy. As an introvert who's been excluded in social environments because I'm not loud or flamboyant, it amazes me how people like that can stand to be married to someone who has to be the center of attention everywhere they go. I hope this is the year her show ends. She needs to be replaced with a cook who makes fresh and presentable dishes.

The only good thing is outside the studio you're covered in case it rain. We waited outside forever. It's so small in the waiting room. Some people had to stand up. She didn't offer any hot tea or coffee. Instead they gave us stale chips. We signed a waiver for prizes. We didn't receive any. Since she is a chef I thought she would give out treats. Cookies, brownies, cookbook or something. Its very cold in the studio. It made us sick. We taped 3 segments so we sat in the studio for 2 hours. They didn't let us go to the bathroom afterwards. We had to use the fast food restroom down the street. We were so upset. Never again.

I've just started watching the show because I haven't had access to the channel until recently. I have been so disappointed in the show. Mainly because Rachael has a terrible, rude, disrespectful habit of TALKING OVER HER GUEST, CUTTING HER GUEST OFF AND FINISHING THEIR SENTENCES. Perhaps this stands out to me because I too was guilty of this. It wasn't meant as rudeness but more of a nervous habit. I have worked hard to overcome this problem. I see lots of people have commented about this and sadly she doesn't see them or doesn't care. I do think her ego is possibly a lot more inflated because she tends to brag on herself and John too! I'm glad I can record the shows because I fast forward to the cooking segment for recipes and skip the rest. Please someone who has access to Racheal, call her attention to these annoying habits!!!

I like the dishes she does on her own. However, when a guest (even a CHEF) prepares their own dish, she interrupts during the talking points, takes over the explanation and the dish. Her impulsive behavior is the reason she messes up when doing crafts, burns the toast, and spills food. She's worst when John is present and is so bossy with him. Rachael shows that she to be the center of attention and an expert with each guest that she always introduces as "her friend". Please tone down the perky-ness; it's not cute from a 50year old.

Big mouth she can't let anyone talk and contradicts her husband I turn her off cause her mouth is annoying.