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The celebrity chef’s syndicated daytime talk show will be ending after 17 seasons on the air, PEOPLE confirms.
“In my more than 20 plus years in television, I have had 17 wonderful seasons working in daytime television withRachael,” the30 Minute Mealsstar, 54, says in a statement to PEOPLE Friday. “However, I’ve made the decision that it’s time for me to move on to the next exciting chapter in my broadcast career.”
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“I am truly excited to be able to introduce and develop new and upcoming epicurean talent on all platforms. That is why I am looking forward to putting all my energies into my recently announced production arm, Free Food Studios.
“Thank you to all of ourRachaeldaytime show partners, crew, and affiliates, and the wonderful years we all worked together,” said the Food Network star.
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On air since 2006, Ray’s talk show has featured a combination of cooking demos mixed with celebrity interviews around the set’s kitchen table, musical performances, pop culture news and service-based segments.
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“When Rachael debuted her show 17 years ago, she was a game-changer in the daytime space. She made cooking accessible to the masses, taught viewers simple solutions on how to improve their lives and coaxed great stories out of celebrity guests with her relatable down-to-earth demeanor,” Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures toldDeadlinewhich was the first to report thenewson Friday.
The show will come to an end after itscurrent 17th seasonwhen it will stop production,Deadlinereported.
Ray filmed her daily talk show in New York City until the covid-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, and the stardecided to begin filmingfrom her home in Lake Luzerne, N.Y. — something she was initially afraid to do because her upstate house had become a refuge from the public eye.
In August 2020, that home — the one Ray had designed from scratch 15 years earlier —burned to the ground, the result of a fire ember that came out of the home’s chimney and landed on the roof.
It took Ray and her husband John Cusimano afull year to rebuild the home,which she revealed onThe Rachael Ray Showin September 2021.
source: people.com
