Rachel Belle is a Seattle
radio personality
A radio personality is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host (North American English), radio presenter (British English) or radio jockey. Radio personali ...
. She is originally from
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the Amador Valley, it is an upscale suburb in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 79,871 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 cens ...
and attended
California State University, Chico
California State University, Chico (Chico State) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing ...
.
Her podcast ''Your Last Meal'', begun in 2016, was nominated for a
James Beard Award
The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media awar ...
in 2018. The podcast also reached
iTunes
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top position for food podcasts 2018. During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, she began a social media-based virtual cooking club.
Belle received the 2018
Edward R. Murrow Award for Feature Reporting for her story on the homeless Girl Scout troop at Mary's Place, a Seattle women's shelter.
In 2024, Belle's television program ''The Nosh with Rachel Belle'' began on
Cascade PBS
KCTS-TV (channel 9), branded Cascade PBS, is a PBS member television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, owned by Cascade Public Media. The station's studios are located at Broadway and Boren Avenue in Seattle's First Hill neighbor ...
.
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Living people
American food and drink podcasters
American radio journalists
American women podcasters
American women radio journalists
California State University, Chico alumni
People from Pleasanton, California
Radio personalities from Seattle
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