Rachael Ray And The Prom

I love Rachael Ray. She’s quirky. She’s fun. She’s down to earth.

Rachael Ray made sure that the students who lost eight classmates and their school in a tornado in Enterprise, Ala. got a senior prom.

The celebrity chef planned the menu and helped prepare dinner at Enterprise High School’s prom, according to a statement from Ray’s publicist, Georgianna Dente. The star of the syndicated The Rachael Ray Show paid for the dance and filmed it for an episode to air this month.

“The students of Enterprise High are so courageous, given all that they’ve gone through,” Ray said in the statement. “When I heard about what happened to their school and classmates, we wanted to help.

“The prom was all about celebrating their accomplishments and honoring the classmates who tragically lost their lives,” she said.

Earlier in the day, Ray appeared with Gov. Bob Riley and Enterprise Mayor Kenneth Boswell to greet students at an assembly.