From her Perfect Roast Chicken down to Beatty's Chocolate Cake, Ina Garten has been serving up delicious meals for decades. Perhaps you snagged a recipe from one of her 12 cookbooks or followed along with Ina as she taught the world to cook ease on the Food Network's Barefoot Contessa. Regardless of how you entered the yummy world of Ina Garten, you never left hungry.
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Now she's shifting ever so lightly away from food to the art of conversation. In her new Food Network and Discovery Plus show, Be My Guest With Ina Garten, she's tabling some of the fare play for chit-chat. Don't get us wrong, people are still gonna eat, but they will also talk. Ina is inviting people to her home for a full day of nosh and niceties. So, where does Ina Garten live?
Ina and her husband, Jeffrey, have a stunning house in East Hampton, N.Y. According to House Beautiful, the barn on their property was "inspired by the simple country buildings of Belgium and designed by architect Frank Greenwald." Outside of the barn, you'll find a stone sitting wall surrounding a fireplace that's perfect for a chilly autumn evening.
And who needs an English garden when you have Ina Garten's, well, garden? With perfectly manicured hedges and an adorable rose cottage to sit and admire them in, one is easily transported to Hampton Court Palace in the spring or perhaps the Queen of Hearts' rose garden in Alice in Wonderland. Hang onto your head so you can fully take in the view. Elle Decor stopped by the garden in July 2016 and noted the fact that it's teeming with hydrangea and of course more than one vegetable bed.
The main house is the perfect New England-style beach house (sans beach), with a shingle-style exterior. It goes without saying that the kitchen is the best room in the house. People Magazine describes its pristine white shelving, top of the line gadgets (which includes a Viking Range and Sub-Zero fridge), and plenty of room to whip up something incredible. Ina and her husband also like to relax so a library and reading nook are a must-have. It's the perfect peaceful place to escape life.
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What can we expect from Ina's new show?
Again, don't panic. Ina will still be cooking but she'll also be exploring East Hampton with some pals on Be My Guest With Ina Garten. Sadly your invite wasn't lost in the mail because only famous friends are coming to this party. Folks like Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), director Rob Marshall (Chicago), and TODAY host Willie Geist did make the cut.
In a conversation with USA Today, Ina revealed how she chose her guests. "I just made a list of people I'd love to talk to and started working down the list. I was happy that people wanted to show up." she said.
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There is something about going to a lovely home, with a kind individual, that makes anyone want to open up (and we're not referring to the alcohol). Julianna Margulies apparently cried during her interview, calling Ina "the new Barbara Walters!" Evidently Ina joined Julianna in the good cry, and when told about her comparison to Barbara, Ina said, "Barbara Walters doesn't cry!"
If we're honest, Ina has been bringing us close to tears for roughly two decades. Biting into the perfect dish is enough to send anyone over the edge. What a gift she has given to the world with her delectable creations. We're sure the next chapter will be just as sweet.
Be My Guest With Ina Garten airs on Saturday at noon on the Food Network, and is also available to stream on Discovery Plus.
French doors, marble countertops, and much more. Anyone who has watched an episode of Barefoot Contessa is familiar with the bright and airy kitchen in Ina Garten's beautiful East Hampton shingled barn where the show is filmed.
Though it's no competition for her love for her husband Jeffrey, Ina Garten has long adored Paris. After first visiting the French capital decades ago, the Food Network star purchased a pied-a-terre in the 7th Arrondissem*nt in 2000 and often escapes her main home in East Hampton, NY for holidays and vacations there.
East Hampton, New York, U.S. The show's title, which comes from the Italian word for countess, was originally used by Garten in her best-selling cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (1999). The cookbook was in turn named after Garten's specialty food store, which she bought already named in 1978.
While the celebrity chef and TV host often films in her East Hampton home, she was a local businesswoman before the fame. Her "Barefoot Contessa" show got its name from her now-closed specialty-food store, and her present-day, laid-back, permanently-on-vacation vibe exudes casual wealth.
The East Hampton, N.Y. property that the Barefoot Contessa star calls home is made up of her main house, a "barn" where Garten develops recipes for her cookbooks, and a lush garden that she proudly shows off on Instagram.
Several years ago, Garten built a second kitchen in a barn on her property so she could have somewhere to film episodes of Barefoot Contessa (she told Oprah Daily all about it in 2021). But Garten's home kitchen, where she still cooks meals for friends and family, has remained untouched for 25 years—at least until now.
Her fame may be relatively quiet — she doesn't have a line of cookware, there isn't a namesake restaurant — but make no mistake: Ina Garten is a powerhouse celeb chef. Fans know her story well: From a White House budget analyst to specialty food-store owner, her path to stardom has been slow and steady.
The primary home where she lives (and films her television show) is located in the town of East Hampton, New York, which the Travel Channel describes as having a charming, small-town feel. In a 2016 interview with BuzzFeed News, Garten described herself as a private person.
Ina and Jeffrey Garten have been married for over 50 years, having tied the knot in 1968. Throughout their marriage, the couple have lived in many places together including Paris, Washington, D.C., Manhattan and East Hampton, New York.
In a new interview for Julia Louis-Dreyfus' podcast, Wiser Than Me, Garten admitted that it "wasn't a struggle at all" to decide against having children. "I had no interest in having children," she told Louis-Dreyfus. "I had a terrible childhood, and it was nothing I wanted to recreate.
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Ina often uses a food mill: "What I like is that something ends up with texture, so it's not just like baby food," she says about the tool. The Moulinex version she loves is sold out at the moment, but Amazon shoppers adore this affordable pick that's great for jams, sauces and purees.
Currently, Jeffrey serves as the Dean Emeritus at the Yale School of Management and teaches courses on the global economy. According to his faculty page, prior to joining Yale, he worked for multiple White House administrations, served in the U.S. Army Special Forces and was a managing director on Wall Street.
Garten first became wealthy thanks to real estate. Before becoming famous, she purchased, renovated and flipped old homes, which gave her the funds to buy her original Barefoot Contessa shop. After Barefoot Contessa closed, she retained ownership of the property, garnering income from new tenants.
Ina husband, Jeffrey, is also a financial powerhouse. According to Celebritynetworth.com, Jeffrey is worth $100 million, mostly thanks to his former jobs as managing director of Lehman Brothers and Blackstone Group.
“Just another day at the office!” she captioned the post. Garten held one of her signature button-down denim shirts from Talbots on a hanger off to the side.
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