Giada DeLaurentiis Talks About Rachael Ray

I’ve heard some people claim that there is a rivalry between Giada DeLaurentiis and her fellow TV chef, Rachael Ray but the petite Italian chef told Redbook that there is no truth to those rumors (the June issue comes out on Tuesday).

"Do we hang out all the time? No. Are we best friends? No," Giada said. "We do these festivals together, and she’ll say to me, ‘Oh, we’d better take a picture together and smile, because if we don’t, God only knows what’s going to get written about us.’  She’s a lovely person."

I’m glad she said something because even I have wondered if there was some rivalry going on (not that it really matters).  They both have successful careers on the Food Network and a great line of cookbooks (pick up a copy of Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites – it’s really good!) and they’ve made the transition to daytime (Ray has her own show and DeLaurentiis is on the Today show).  They are so different so I don’t see why there needs to be a competition.  They’re both so great in their own way!

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