Celebrity Chef Rachael Ray visited Café Laguardia and had a fabulous time, placing us in her "Windy City Faves"! And of course, she got on great with Carlos! Not sure what to order? Try our Rachael Ray Special!

"The owner's family ran a restaurant called Los Cubanitos in Cuba in the '50s, and if this food is any indication, it must have been some place. I always order the Brazilian red snapper and a mojito."
Source: Rachael Ray Mag

Her favorite dish?

Brazilian Red Snapper and a Mojito. We will have a coupon for the Rachael Ray dinner coming soon so you can share in her choices.

Her Vitals

Name: Rachael Domenica Ray
Birthday: August 25, 1968
Place of birth: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Where she grew up: Lake George, New York
Her roots: Her Italian American family originally came from Sicily, Italy
First memory: "Watching Mom in a restaurant kitchen. She was flipping something with a spatula. I tried to copy her and ended up grilling my right thumb! I was three or four."

Growing up in a family steeped in culinary tradition, Rachael was exposed to a wide range of cooking techniques, from her maternal grandfather, who grew and cooked everything his family of 12 ate, to her dad's family, which embraced the food-rich traditions of Louisiana. The Ray family owned several restaurants on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, before relocating to upstate New York, where her mother worked as the food supervisor for a restaurant chain. "I was surrounded by all different styles of cooking and worked in the food service industry in just about every capacity you can imagine," Rach says.

Every Day with Rachael Ray!