When Did Ina Garten Get Married?

Ina Rosenberg Garten is an American author, host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa, and a former staff member of the White House Office of Management and Budget. She was primarily mentored by Eli Zabar and food connoisseur Martha Stewart.

How long has the Barefoot Contessa been married?

Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey have been married for 52 years. Their love story began when she visited her brother at Dartmouth College in 1963. After Jeffrey spotted her from the campus library window, he began writing her love letters.

Does Ina Garten have children?

Garten has recently shared the real reason she and her husband never expanded on their family. "We decided not to have children. I really appreciate that other people do and we will always have friends that have children that we are close to but it was a choice I made very early," Garten explains.