In 2005,Rachael Raylanded the job of a lifetime - hosting a daytime talk show on CBS.

This was obviously the pinnacle of Ray’s success, which had been gradually building since the mid-’90s.

And it was these classes that garnered attention from local television stations.

Rachel Ray smiling on the red carpet

Pretty quickly the cook started to appear on local television teaching audiences her fast and healthy meals.

Then the rest just naturally followed, which Ray still struggles to believe happened.

“You know, that’s just not me.

Rachel Ray smiling at a SiriusXM event

I’m the service person.”

So [she] did."

And the rest, well, is history.