Rachael Ray – 30 Minute Meals
Let’s be real, Rachael Ray needs no introduction. The “quick and easy” recipe star hosted 30 Minute Meals from 2001 to 2012 on the Food Network. Although maybe she’s best known as the host of her own daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray – which she started in 2006 and earned her three Daytime Emmy Awards. Ray is the author of several cookbooks and even has her own magazine titled Every Day with Rachael Ray.
Paula Deen – Paula’s Home Cooking
Now here’s a legend who needs no introduction! Paula Deen and her relationship with Food Network first kicked off in 1999. Impressive? We’d say so. From 2002 to 2012, her show Paula’s Home Cooking was on air. From 2005, the Food Network also gave Deen two more TV slots, Paula’s Party and Paula’s Best Dishes. However after Deen made some controversial comments in 2014, the Food Network did not go on to renew her contract. The following year, Deen would make her comeback with Positively Paula and Paula Deen’s Sweet Home Savannah.