I hate Rachel Ray, do you?

[Opherman47]

Rachel Ray is one of the most annoying people in the universe that is a constant reminder to me of why i do not watch television... she puts friggen chicken stock, and extra virgin olive oil on everything and calls it EVOO..... but then everytime she says evoo she explains what it is, what is the point of abbreviating it if you are gonna explain it every time, her voice is annoying, she moves her hands waaay to much, and on and on, im submitting my first poll cause someone used the term evoo here on HBT and it sent me off the deep end!!!!!

just a link to a community that i appreciate very much called rachel ray sucks...... ive found a lot of like minded people there....

Rachael Ray Sucks Community

 

[The Pol]

If I liked chunky chicks with raspy voices, Id be all over her. But I dont, so I am not.

+1

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

How can you hate this:

Can't say I've ever actually watched her show though.

 

[JesseRC]

Can someone do some photshop wonders with Giada. But yeah i can't stand Rachel.

 

[ChshreCat]

I think she's great so long as she doesn't open her mouth. As soon as she starts talking, I want to find some duct tape.

 

[maltMonkey]

Yeah, I've never understood her popularity either.....I mean, I'm EXTREMELY annoying.....where's my tv deal?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I did her look and her voice but, can't listen to her.

 

[Opherman47]

Uh, if her voice box were removed and she worked as a massage parlor attendant only, i probably wouldnt mind... but as it stands now, uh no!!! dont forget to vote in the poll

 

[Brandon O]

She is a fat fat fatty now.

Rachel Ray fans are called Raytards.

 

[janzik]

I want to drop some EVOO on her back...

 

[Opherman47]

heres a bit of news on her Among Rachael Ray's many engaging and/or annoying quirks is her commitment to using "real people" instead of professional experts on her new daytime talk show. She even has a characteristically cutesy name for guests who in many cases are her close, personal friends: "content buddies."

But while the apple-cheeked Martha Stewart manqué may think her pals make for great television, others who work on the show disagree. According to a well-placed source, the show's bookers have been fighting to replace "Rachael's Peeps" (as they're referred to on the show's website) with the standard lineup of PhDs, magazine editors, and other experts. The reason, according to the source, is as much personal as professional: "All of the producers hate her friends," he says. "There's a lot of internal conflict."

There's no question that Ray, whose shtick is more about high-volume enthusiasm than authority, inspires strong reactions, especially from her detractors. A LiveJournal community called Rachael Ray Sucks claims more than 1,000 members, who refer to their bête noir as "Raytard."

Nevertheless, a spokesman for the show denies there is any conflict, or any move afoot to displace the Peeps. "Our producers are going to book the best guests and produce the best segments they can," he says. "We love using our content buddies. Rachael relates to them, and the viewers relate to them through her."

Of course, Ray has a track record of giving gigs to people close to her whether they deserve them or not. At the launch party for her magazine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, last November, the entertainment was provided by a band called The Cringe, fronted by her husband, John Cusimano. According to New York magazine, the group was so "atrocious," the only revelers who stuck around for the entire set were Ray and her immediate family.

 

[mikfire]

A voice that could strip wall paper. And some serious weight control issues as well......

Giada? Oh yeah. All over that.

 

[Brandon O]

I hate it when she says E-V-O-O. It's got to be the dumbest thing ever. I can say olive oil faster than I can say E-V-O-O. Everyone knows Extra Virgin is always the way to go.

Seriously, I want to punch her in the face when she says YUM-O. Yum o? How about you are a dumb Ho.

 

[Brewer_Steve]

Never heard of her, but I don't watch TV.
I just googled her, and she looks kinda hot.

 

[JesseRC]

Giada , Alton, and Tyler are great. And who can really hate Paula , although I do feel bad how everyone makes fun of her obsession on butter. I mean comon, that's just how we cook in the south. There is a lard thread going on right now too,

 

[sause]

Everytime I turn to the food channel I have my thumb over the last channel button just in case she is on. If I see her and try to switch before I hear that god awful voice.

 

[yermej]

Anthony Bourdain on Rachel Ray:

Complain all you want. It's like railing against the pounding surf. She only grows stronger and more powerful. Her ear-shattering tones louder and louder. We KNOW she can't cook. She shrewdly tells us so. So...what is she selling us? Really? She's selling us satisfaction, the smug reassurance that mediocrity is quite enough. She's a friendly, familiar face who appears regularly on our screens to tell us that "Even your dumb, lazy ass can cook this!" Wallowing in your own crapulence on your Cheeto-littered couch you watch her and think, "Hell...I could do that. I ain't gonna...but I could--if I wanted! Now where's my damn jug a Diet Pepsi?" Where the saintly Julia Child sought to raise expectations, to enlighten us, make us better--teach us--and in fact, did, Rachael uses her strange and terrible powers to narcotize her public with her hypnotic mantra of Yummo and Evoo and Sammys. "You're doing just fine. You don't even have to chop an onion--you can buy it already chopped. Aspire to nothing...Just sit there. Have another Triscuit..Sleep...sleep..."

Taken from a guest blog entry he wrote.

 

[shecky]

The poll needs another option, as in I don't care enough to hate her or like her.

 

[Reverend JC]

I like her recipes. They are super easy and they work. Sometimes I think she is a bit too spunky, but hey, if i had her money and she had a feather in her butt we would both be tickled.

 

[Opherman47]

her recipes are crap!!!!, tv dinners are easy and taste better, oh yah and im glad the people who are weighing in that they like her are brave enough to admit it cheers to you guys, friggen right on vermej

 

[JesseRC]

I hate the way each show is so planned out, like the way she has to go through the act of carrying 100 items to the counter...

 

[Beerrific]

extra virgin olive oil on everything and calls it EVOO..... but then everytime she says evoo she explains what it is, what is the point of abbreviating it if you are gonna explain it every time

That drives me absolutely nuts too. Makes me want to scream.

And seriously, just use a damn garbage can. There is no need to put it in the GB, garbage bowl, first. They sell those GBs, garbage bowels, for like $20 in stores, idiots!

 

[flyangler18]

Say what you want about her- it doesn't undo her popularity. Food Network struck gold with her.

Shouldn't cooking be approachable and unintimidating?

 

[avaserfi]

... And who can really hate Paula...

Me, very easily. She is just as annoying as Rachel Ray. There is one worse though... Sandra Lee she makes Ray look like a professional chef .

 

[JesseRC]

Do you think Rachel is more popular with the women? I suspect .. i guess

 

[flyangler18]

Sandra Lee

Another one with an empire.

 

[BooneDocks]

But Emeril rocks. I can see brewing with Emeril.

 

[JesseRC]

oh i forgot about Emeril . He's cool, he had his son on there during the xmas season. funny kid.

 

[Opherman47]

if popularity was a determinant of good, then what does that say about our past presidents, or Britney Spears, or any of the other smut that tears down our society........ populism was the thing the drove the choosing of Sarah Palin, dont get me started on populism as a determinant of things good.

 

[flyangler18]

if popularity was a determinant of good, then what does that say about our past presidents, or Britney Spears, or any of the other smut that tears down our society........ populism was the thing the drove the choosing of Sarah Palin, dont get me started on populism as a determinant of things good.

I never said that popularity is a determinant of good. From a marketing standpoint, Rachel Ray appeals to the demographic that sets trends in consumer spending. That's it.

I don't really care enough one way or another about her philosophy in the kitchen, voice or whatever it is that got you railing against her.