Leave her. And not bloody fast enough.

I can't stand her. She doesn't even seem like she has that much kitchen talent to me. It pisses me off that a lot of male chefs I know think she's "hot" and therefore overlook her lack of real talent. I would be happy to never hear her voice again!

It's true that she has no culinary background besides being around chefs and cuisine for most of her professional life. However, she worked her way up the ranks and stayed well-connected. I respect her for time. She's a media personality and presents herself well. For this, I love her.

* "I respect her for this," not time. I have my watch on the brain. Have a great weekend!

Love her! Her "chicken toes" and chicken enchilada recipes are "delish," as she puts it.

Other. I used to really hate her but since I moved abroad, I have started to ''understand'' her. Her talk show is one of the only cooking shows I can watch on TV over here. Her personality and her voice can get very annoying and she often comes off as fake. I do, however, respect the fact that she cooks real food from scratch that is affordable and accessible. Not everyone is born a foodie and I think that she can help a lot of people eat better food even if they are on a budget.

I like her. Her food always looks awesome and she's so upbeat. And I'd like to think she's genuine; she doesn't seem fake to me. Most of what I hear people complain about is that she's "too happy", which I think is a really stupid reason not to like someone.

I'm so-so on her. I wish she didn't talk the ENTIRE time during her show and she has to stop her giggling.

She needs some EVOO up her nose.

I dislike Rachael Ray, though she has a good recipe or two. I just find her annoying.

Her personality is a little to peppy and bubbly for me -- so I don't watch her show. By the time I get home from a 12 hour day in the lab, I just can't handle her. But, when it comes to her recipes, without having to watch her in the background, I almost always have good experiences. Many of my go-to meals for things which are simple, quick, and affordable are based off a Rachael Ray recipe.

Lover her! I've been a fan since I watched the first 30 minutes meal episode years ago and I still think she is fantastic. Her recipes are fun and easy, I've gotten quite a few meal ideas from her.

Lol susanteufel- I can't stand her EVOO abbreviation either. So annoying

I've always liked her. She is quirky and easy to relate to. I don't feel intimated when I try to recreate her recipes.

Her recipes are definitely ones that are quick and easy and put something different on the table for the family. She's not a chef, as she likes to point out...she's kind of the anti-Martha, but she can make my life easier. I read her cookbooks and avoid her show--she drives me up the wall with her too-cutesy for words persona.

Her recipes are definitely ones that are quick and easy and put something different on the table for the family. She's not a chef, as she likes to point out...she's kind of the anti-Martha, but she can make my life easier. I read her cookbooks and avoid her show--she drives me up the wall with her too-cutesy for words persona.

I love her.

Her magazine is AMAZING. I get (at least) 2-3 recipes that I use constantly from each issue. I've never had a cooking magazine do that before.

I have a lot of respect for her because she has worked hard to get where she is and she started out working in a grocery store. Go RR!

I like her.

I can't help myself. I like her. But I'm not part of the crowd that that watches her show daily/often and write/try her recipes. I don't even buy products she endorses. But appreciate and respect her growing empire.

I watched her on that Nightline segment and dude, she is pretty cool and I really like her attitude (I actually don't find her or her voice annoying at all). I agree with her, I like Tony Bourdain too. I remember reading Bourdain's blog and he actually wrote that she warmly greeted him and was all friendly LOL, and he thought she might not have read what he said about her.
It's good to know that on Nightline that she already knew but she still liked/respected him anyway. That's cool.

Her recipes always sound really delicious, but I can't stand the woman and her silly catchphrases.

I'm over her. I've been over her for awhile.

I have several of her cookbooks . . . I like her recipes because they're accessible. I TiVo her cooking show daily, but I usually don't watch it That said, one of my ALL TIME favorite recipes is out of one of her cookbooks (Turkey Tikka Burgers, anyone?) and I have started to find her voice a little annoying. I love what she's doing for cooking, though . . . She makes cooking seem not so daunting for people who don't cook, and her food is tasty enough to keep them from returning to the ways of the Drive Thru, perhaps even branching out to trying longer cooking meals!

That woman makes me want to pry both of my eyeballs from their sockets with red hot forks and shove them in my ears.

I love her...she's got this awkwardness about her that I just relate well to, haha. I guess I feel like if I had my own show I'd also be this awkward. I mean, really she tries to tell funny jokes and they come off flat and then she's got this awkward laugh...and I think many people can relate to that nervousness. It's nice to see that she's not completely "polished" and she tries to make it fun.

Oh and I love her kitchen. I think that's what made me watch first. I would have that gorgeous yellow stove/oven if I could.

I love to make her Cowboy Spaghetti! I'm not as crazy about her as I once was, but she is great at what she does. Now that there is all this focus on top chefs and all the shows that are on right now, I think the American public feels they can harp on her because she's not classically trained. There's room for her in this market and she's obviously been successful based on her empire she's grown. She cooks food we can all like. I love to watch shows like Anthony Boudain and what not, but am I actually going to eat brain, intestine and testicles and claim it to be the best ever? No way, that isn't in my taste palate and it probably never will.

sorry....Anthony Bourdain forgot the r

I went to see her at a cooking demonstration and book signing event and she was an absolute nightmare. She wouldn't come out until she had a dozen security guards. Absolutely ridiculous.

Giada had come to the same location two months earlier and had one guard.

I am with Fuzzles! Also, Anthony Bourdain can't stand her, right?

I like her! She admits that she isn't a chef and never went to cooking school, but I think it's cool that she comes up with lots of easy, good recipes that a lot of people can make on their own. I actually like her better on her talk show than I do on her cooking show...she's not quite as kitschy and she always has really entertaining guests on the show. Plus, I really like her under $10 meals that she does...some of them are really good.

She's okay, I guess. I don't really cook, but her meals seem pretty simple...but most of the stuff she cooks is kind of rich, so I can't eat it anyway.

Her voice creeps me out a little, though; sounds like she's been smoking for a while - very throaty!

I like her and her super happiness maybe cause I'm happy also. She cooks good food and she's a self made millionaire, more than I can say for most people who are constantly hating on her.

I liked her better duing the early days. Now I think she's a bit annoying, but I still picked "love her."

I love her, though I am not as into Tex Mex food as she is. She makes a lot of food that my son enjoys and anyone who helps me feed my baby is a friend of mine! She has such a great personality, its crazy how many haters she has, but that is what happens when you're doing your thing! Go Rachael!

I really don't like her. It is her personality that rubs me the wrong way. I sometimes try to giver her shows a second chance, but just can't take it more than 10 minutes. I have to change the channel.

Awww, I love her. Makes me really sad and kind of mad to read others' dislike...but I guess that's cos I watched the E True Hollywood story about her, I think that's what I watched it on...anyway, she had a really triumphant story, and she worked VERY hard to get where she is today and she deserves every bit of success. I think she's ADORABLE and would love love love love love to meet her and hang out with her.

I hate her a lot. I just think she gets a lot of undue attention. Her show is essentially "all the crap someone else was supposed to teach you how to cook." It's nothing more, nothing less.
I really don't think that working hard to get where she is qualifies her for rave reviews. A person can work really, really hard and be really, really genuine and still be a total flop, yaknow?
What annoys me most are the annoying product endorsements/products she sells. A garbage bowl? "Rachel Ray 'EVOO'"? (Which happens to be her most annoying catch phrase?)

I think her dishes are pretty good... its something someone can easily learn to recreate which is helpful especially for a novice like me in the kitchen.

I would think that her most annoying catch phrase would be "yum-o" I still like her though!

Have to love her...she is living the American dream...and she let's u know she knows she is not a chef.

I don't actually love her, but I don't hate her, either. I find many of her meals are "mish-mashes" that don't appeal to me. On the other hand, my niece's husband loves her and has all of her cookbooks. He graduated from culinary school and finds her anti-elitism refreshing. So, it's just a matter of taste and style, I guess.

Like someone else said, I like her recipes, but I can't watch the show because her voice is so grating.

As long as I can read her cookbooks and not have to listen to her talk, she's not so bad.

I find her hard to watch. Her vocabulary choices and cutesy catchphrases drive me up the wall, and anywhere on the web that I find someone posting or reviewing a recipe and using one of those Rachel Ray-isms, I can't get away from that page fast enough. They may be the best recipes in the world, but she is so marked by those weird, endlessly repeated, cutesy-pie quirks that I will never know if her recipes are "yumm-o!" or not.

I have always admired her honesty that she is NOT a chef, but only a cook who has made a career out of preparing good, healthy, nutritous meals quickly. And although it appears alot of your commentators can't accept her for that, there are $ 18 million of us who do.

i find her extremely annoying and cheesy as well. i have a hard time taking her seriously with all those lame sayings she has.

She drives me absolutely beserk. I think she's obnoxiously all over every media endorsement out there. I mean how many tv shows can one person have? And I don't think her recipes are that exciting or original at all. They all seem like something anyone could come up with. I just don't understand the Rachael Ray craze that so many people seem to have.

Blech.

LOVE her! I like her ideas, her food is tasty, and I think she's a decent person. What's not to love?

From what I heard, she has a terrible temper off-camera.

My friend was roommates with a guy that interned as a PA on set for her 30-minute meals show... she asked him to drop everything and get her coffee and when he brought it back for her she threw the whole cup at him because apparently the order was wrong. His skin was even burned a bit :/

But the next day she did give him a sort-of apology... blamed it on her "Sicilian temper."

The industry is tough! If he would've formally complained she could have ruined his career before it even started.

Definitely leave her! It's amazing how such an amateur -well she's not even a chef, I don't know what she is- can make the most money in the culinary industry. She lacks the talent and professional training to even make me consider her at all praiseworthy in what she calls cooking. Most of the time she just blabbers on and on about nothing while she operates her show and god, I just cannot stand the incessant random bouts of noises she makes while the show goes on. And seriously, I've noticed that she brings children onto her show but then she goes and poses for FHM (basically a toned down porno mag) and expects the respect she feels she deserves. I am absolutely furious how she leads the food industry with such a naive attitude and makes the most money doing so. God, get the hell out and let the professionals do the work.