Everyone’s favorite home cook Rachael Ray has announced that she will be making a return to TV after a brief hiatus.
Her popular show – titled Meals in Minutes – will release its third season on the channel on May 26, per A&E Networks.
The 56-year-old chef is back with a bang with episodes set to air back-to-back for food lovers to binge.
The first two seasons saw the expert cook welcoming viewers into her home before guiding them through recipes on everything from simple comfort food to the perfect entertaining dishes.
In the upcoming season, fans can expect another wide range of dishes to be on display – including lamb and beef chorizo chili, Italian brisket, shrimp salad stuffed shells, and white bean soup.
The first ever season aired with 20 episodes in April 2024. The second season had double the number of episodes and aired in February 2025.
Rachael’s latest on-screen venture comes after she sparked widespread concern about her well-being.
In February 2025, she posted a clip of herself on Instagram to tease a new episode of her cooking show.
Everyone’s favorite home cook, Rachael Ray, 56, has announced that she will return to TV after a brief hiatus. The chef’s show, Meals in Minutes, will release its third season on FYI on May 26, per FYI
In the upcoming season, fans can expect a wide range of dishes including, ‘lamb and beef chorizo chili, Italian brisket, shrimp salad stuffed shells, and white bean soup,’ per the official press release
She was cooking fajitas – but some of her comments throughout the video left her fans extremely worried about her health.
At one point, Rachael put two glass bowls on top of her head and exclaimed, ‘Look, I’m Princess Leia [from Star Wars],’ before she erupted into laughter.
During another segment, she carried a tray of vegetables over to the counter and suddenly called out, ‘What the heck, Batman.’
‘I think these should be called fun-jitas,’ she then told the camera. ‘Because it makes you want to have fun.’
‘They’re easy, you can eat them with one hand, you can walk around while you’re eating them,’ she continued as a montage of clips of her cooking the meat and chopping it flashed across the screen. ‘It’s a good time.’
In the comments, some fans wondered if she was ‘drunk,’ while others said they were ‘praying’ for her.
However, this wasn’t the first time the businesswomen’s fans were uneasy about her demeanor.
In September 2024, Rachael sparked immense concern after she appeared to be slurring her speech during a video.
Rachael’s new season comes after the star chef sparked fresh concern about her well-being. On one occasion fans noticed she was ‘slurring her words’, and on another viewers thought we was ‘drunk’ and were ‘praying’ for her
The clip, taken from the show Rachael Ray in Tuscany, showed her cooking Ossobuco while paying tribute to the late Tony Bennett.
One fan wrote afterward, ‘Is she slurring or am I slurring?’ while another typed, ‘I love you, but are you OK? I’m seriously concerned.’
‘Wait! What’s going on with Rachael Ray?’ asked someone else.
‘She’s aging like the rest of us. Maybe she has a medical condition, maybe she is on medication. Regardless, no need to be mean,’ a comment read.
Her representative responded to the speculation by issuing a statement saying the celebrity chef had ‘no comment’ on the matter, via TMZ.
One month later, she said that she had suffered ‘a couple of bad falls in the last couple of weeks.’
In an episode of her podcast, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Rachael explained that she enjoys doing ‘physical labor’ around the house.
But she added that she had to cut back on certain tasks because she took ‘a couple of bad falls’ while carrying wood.
‘I’m a homemaker. I love chores. I love being in the kitchen. I always work with my brain every,day, I’m always writing something, but I really like chores,’ she said.
‘I like what people consider physical work. I like making dinner, planning dinners, [and] making lists. I love physical labor, helping carry in the wood.
‘I’ve had a couple of bad falls in the last couple of weeks, so I haven’t been doing that in a while, but I love carrying wood.’
