Viewers and fans of “The Bachelor” were introduced to Rachel Recchia during Clayton Echard’s season. As many people who watched the season know, Recchia was one of the finalists on the show. Clearly Echard didn’t end up choosing her, but that’s what paved the way for Recchia to take on her own season of “The Bachelorette.”
During one episode of the show, the contestants went on hometown dates with Echard and introduced him to the places they know and love. While Recchia took Echard to Florida, where she currently lives and has lived for several years, viewers also found out on the episode that she’s originally from Chicago, Illinois. As she wrote on Instagram in March 2022, while she definitely loves her adopted state of Florida, there’s more than one place she adores. Recciha explained, ” … fun fact, I was born and raised in Chicago and only moved to Florida when I was a teenager.”