Food wasn’t the only thing on Rachael Ray’s mind in Miami this week – beach bods made the list too, of course.
“I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson,” Ray, 40, told PEOPLE while hosting the Amstel Light Burger Bash at Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Thursday night. “I think she looks gorgeous!”
The Emmy-award winning TV host looked pretty hot herself as she made the rounds in a tent erected behind the Ritz Carlton in a short black sheath.
“I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor,” Ray added. “All of the hoopla about her weight was because of the fit of her jeans. In reality, she is a tiny, slip of a woman.”
Ray is spending the weekend in South Beach with her husband John Cusimano, 41, whose band, The Cringe, will entertain Wine & Food guests at the Hotel Victor Friday night.
About two dozen chefs from across the country competed to grill up the best burgers, but the title went to former Top Chef contender Spike Mendelsohn.
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