‘Barefoot Contessa’ chef Ina Garten and her husband, Jeffrey Garten, tied the knot in 1968
The pair first crossed paths when she was 15 years old and visiting her older brother at Dartmouth College. Jeffrey, who was a Dartmouth student at the time, saw Ina through a window. “Look at that girl, isn’t she beautiful?” he told his roommate, per Food Network Magazine.
Jeffrey and Ina tied the knot in 1968. Years later, the pair briefly separated but ultimately reconciled. Jeffrey and Ina instead went to a coffee shop, where she gushed they had a “perfect good time.” After their date, Jeffrey began writing her more letters. 'He wrote to me, like, every day. I couldn't keep up with it!' she said.
“She has natural talent, but it's backed by so much effort and so much focus,' he told Food Network Magazine. 'When she had the store, she'd work until midnight all the time. The discipline of her recipe testing and how seriously she takes it — she doesn't settle for anything but the best. She's like a runner who collapses at the finish line even though she was ahead the whole race.”Ina’s cooking show, Barefoot Contessa, premiered on Food Network.
“I thought about it a lot, and at my lowest point, I wondered if the only answer would be to get a divorce,” she wrote. “I loved Jeffrey and didn’t want to shock — or hurt — him, so I’d start by suggesting we pause for a separation.”
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