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Rachael Ray's Visit to Sardine Factory Airs This July on Food Network

Date: July 3, 2006
Client: The Sardine Factory
The Sardine Factory
MONTEREY, Calif. - July 3, 2006 - Celebrity chef Rachael Ray takes a scenic road trip along Central California's Highway 1 for an upcoming episode of "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels," her hit show on the Food Network. During Ray's first stop on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula, she visits Cannery Row's Sardine Factory for a taste of the finest local cuisine.

WHO:
The Sardine Factory Restaurant on Cannery Row hosts celebrity TV chef Rachael Ray, Oprah Winfrey's personally appointed heiress to daytime talk.

WHAT:
Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels - Ray's 80 million viewers will be tuning in to see her taste some of the Sardine Factory's most innovative recipes. Chairman and CEO Ted Balestreri and CEC and COO Bert Cutino greeted Ray last March during filming, treating her to a sampling of the restaurant's famous cuisine.

LOCAL AIR DATES:
Tuesday, July 11, at 9:30PM
Wednesday, July 12, at 12:30 AM
Friday, July 28, at 9:30 PM
Saturday, July 29, at 12:30 AM

STATION:
Food Network (Channel 35 locally on Comcast)

MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Betsy Wallace Jeffers
Armanasco Public Relations, Inc.
Tel: 831.372.2259/Email: bwallacejeffers@armanasco.com

The Sardine Factory, established in 1968, combines fresh seafood, USDA Prime meats, and produce with impeccable service, an award-winning wine cellar, and four distinct dining rooms. Promising guests the dining experience of a lifetime, the restaurant has received the Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA) Award and Wine Spectator's Grand Award, among many other honors. The Sardine Factory is located on historic Cannery Row at 701 Wave Street in Monterey. For more information visit www.sardinefactory.com or call 831.373.3775.

About The Sardine Factory

Established in 1968, The Sardine Factory is known for its impeccable service, wonderful décor, extraordinary wine collection, fresh locally grown produce, delicious sustainable seafood, and USDA prime beef. Over the years The Sardine Factory has hosted celebrities, movie stars, sports legends, and public figures from all over the world. The restaurant was also one of the locations for the first film directed by Clint Eastwood, Play Misty for Me. The Sardine Factory has received virtually every culinary, wine list and service award possible in the industry, including the Wine Spectator’s Grand Award, Restaurant Hospitality's Best Wine List in America, voted the Best Restaurant in Monterey by readers of the Monterey County Weekly, Monterey County Herald, and Carmel Pine Cone newspapers, named Top Ten Most Romantic Restaurants on the Central Coast by Open Table, in addition to many other honors and awards. For more information, please visit sardinefactory.com.