Watching Rachael Ray

It’s a big day on the Rachael Ray show, and doesn’t she look quite in her red wrap dress? Not quite as fabulous as yesterdays purple, but still very fetching!

Hey! Kevin, a designer on the show, is one of the designers on Project Runway! Which is part of the tie in to the first guest, of course, the fabulous Tim Gunn! They talk about Kevin a bit, a sweetheart, a good team player, and a superb designer! Tim things that any one of the 15 this season could win the show, because they are all so very talented! He admitted to be wrong a few times in his assumptions, because more then ever this season is all a matter of taste.

They also talk a bit about his new show, Tim Gunn’s guide to style, and how they fit real world people. Tim says that the greatest achievement for a designer should be to have real women wear their clothes.

Now for the big Ambush! Three of the staffers on the show, who don’t get to dress up because they’re always behind the scenes. First, Chef Kara - she can dress up any meal, but she is all about casual when it comes to herself. She wears t-shirts and jeans all the time and never dresses up. How cute is she with her red cheeks?

Next up is Veda, who is always in a vest because the studio is always cold, and she giggles and squeals and says she’s ready for whatever he wants to do! Blond today, red tomorrow, whatever you need, she’s your girl!

Joan, the art director, is the last ambush victim, who’s shocked and excited. She loves fashion and the arts, but the job she does she doesn’t get to dress hardly at all - it’s dress up day!

Tim tells them they’re adorable and he’s thrilled to work with them and they head off stage to do their 1 hour makeovers.

Next, the surprises keep coming, as Kristan Cuningham, staples and Rachael team up to bring a family together for the holidays. Brandy, an ER nurse and her husband Bill, a paramedic firefighter and their young son Camden have celebrated Christmas as late as February do to their hectic schedules, and their dedication. With the help of Staples, Kristan sets them up with laptops and webcams to use while they’re apart, so they can see each other, and their son can see dad too. A digital camera helped put their Christmas cards on the top of the list, and then the two biggest surprises showed up at the show, as Brandy and Bill’s supervisors showed up and gave them several days off in order to spend it together as a family. Awwwwwwwww! Rachael also gave them $1000 to make sure they could do Christmas shopping for the ‘itty-bitty’ Camden.

Staples actually gave everyone in the audience a camera, and if you hit the rachaelrayshow.com, they’ll be giving away a camera a day to lucky viewers!

Next, it was time for the big reveal of the makeovers - and all three look fantastic! And better then that, they felt good too and you could see it in the way they reacted. As Kara said “I feel faaaaancy!”

Now, it’s Jenn’s time! The winner of So you Think You Can Cook is back to boss around Rachael in the kitchen as she makes her Blue Cheese-Stuffed Filets with Rosemary Potatoes & Roasted Broccoli! Jenn looked GORGEOUS! And so did her dinner - there was all kinds of fun in that kitchen today!