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Hi everyone.
My name is Matthew Allen,
the senior social media producer at the "Rachael Ray Show,"
and I want to show you where we take pictures
of all the food that gets made on the show.
Right off of Oz is a very, very important room.
It's very small.
It serves a lot of purposes.
It's part art room closet.
It's part voiceover booth,
and one of my favorite things,
our little photo room that we take all the pictures
of all the food that you see made on the show.
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If you follow our Instagram account at all,
you've probably seen this area.
This is our prop cage.
This holds all of the dishes, glassware.
We have a lot of plates, a lot of bowls,
a lot of serving dishes, casserole dishes, cutting boards.
As you can see, it's all color coordinated,
and that way it's easy,
when you walk in, grab it and go.
You need a green bowl, we got it.
You need a blue plate, we've got it.
Smallest colander you've ever seen in your life, we got it!
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What does every bowl and plate need?
Food to go on it.
So let's go see where that's made.
Through this door is our prep kitchen.
This is where all of the food magic happens.
As you may know,
Rachael writes all of the recipes
that she makes on the show.
And because we don't have a whole lot of time,
just a few minutes in each episode to make the food,
(blender whirls) You didn't really have to
blitz it up, it's already made.
The culinary team has prepared
a bunch of swap outs
so that you can see every step along the way.
That's very important when people are watching.
Once you scoop them out,
they look nice and beautiful like this.
So they know what they're doing
when they're cooking along at home.
Here they are, they look just like this.
(audience cheers)
We're fully stocked in here
because there's a lot of action going on.
So it's very important that we have all of the utensils
that we need.
All of the knives that we could possibly need,
and a little bit of everything else.
And you can't cook without spices, obviously.
We've got a couple.
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Oh, we're not done yet.
And back through here is our walk-in refrigerator.
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One of our really good friends at the show is Regis Philbin.
He's not the greatest in the kitchen,
but Rachael has really tried to help him over the years.
This is a lot of work, isn't it?
One time when he was on,
he had a recipe that he was holding,
that he sat down a little bit too close to the stove top.
Regis set it on fire (laughing).
I can't read it now!
We have it framed.
How did Regis make that all by himself?
And once the food is all prepped and ready,
and it's time for it to go out on set,
we head right on through this door.
Let's go.
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Here is the Rachael Ray set kitchen.
You're probably very familiar with this
if you watch the show.
Welcome back.
Some people might not realize it is
a fully functioning kitchen.
We've got working ovens, a working sink.
Fridge is usually a little bit more stocked
than it is right now,
but we're not shooting this week.
I love you.
And all of these drawers are filled
with anything and everything
that you would need to cook a meal.
Over the years,
we've had a lot of famous celebrity chefs here.
From Jacques Pépin to Emeril, to Sunny Anderson,
to Curtis Stone, Richard Blais, Anne Burrell, Guy Fieri.
They've all been in here
and made something delicious for us to eat.
Since we do a lot of cooking on the show,
you may have wondered where we keep all
of our pots and pans that we use.
Follow me.
This back here is our storage rack,
full of all of the Rachael Ray products you see on our show.
Walking back this way is an entrance
for some of our celebrity guests.
We call this the library doors.
And when you walk through, you walk out on set
to all the audience and Rachel.
Thank you so much for coming along with us
on this little tour.
We hope you enjoyed it.
Make sure to check out our other backstage tour videos
for a good look at all the fun stuff
we've got going on behind the scenes.
If you'd like to check out any of the recipes
that you've seen on the show,
please head to our website, rachaelrayshow.com
and make sure to follow us on social media.
We're on all the platforms @RachaelRayShow.
In the meantime, thank you again,
and as Rachael Ray says...
We'll see you when we see you.
(audience clapping)