Celebrity Biographies
Biography of Ina Garten
| Date of Birth: | 1984, February-2 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 36 years old |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Name | In a garden |
| birth name | Ina Rosenberg Garden |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | Brooklyn |
| ethnicity | White |
| Profession | Author |
| Net worth | $50 million |
| Married | Yes |
| Married to | Jeffrey Garten (d. 1968) |
| tv show | Barefoot Contessa, Barefoot Contessa – Back to Basics |
Synopsis
Ina Garten is an American author and host of the Food Network show, Barefoot Contessa, and a former staffer at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Early age and education
Ina Garten was born on February 2, 1984 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She was born to a Jewish family and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. Garten was one of two children born to Florence and Charles H. Rosenberg, an ENT surgeon.
Ina Garten is of white ethnicity and has American nationality.
Garten enrolled to excel in school, showed an aptitude for science, also uses that scientific mindset while experimenting with recipes. Ina described her father as a lively person with many companions and has commented that she shares more characteristics with him than her mother.
At the age of fifteen, Garten met her future husband, Jeffrey Garten, on a trip to visit her brother at Dartmouth College. After completing her high school, Ina attended Syracuse University, but put off her educational pursuit to get married.
Race
In Washington, Ina Garten worked at the White House and took a business course at George Washington University, where she earned an MBA, while her husband worked at the State Department and completed his graduate studies.
Ina was originally employed as a low-level government aide and worked her way up the political ladder to the Office of Management and Budget. She was assigned the position of budget analyst, which involved writing the nuclear power and policy papers on nuclear centrifuge plants for Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
In 1978, Garten quit his government job after seeing an advertisement for a 400-square-foot specialty food store called Barefoot Contessa in Westhampton Beach, New York.
Ina made a hasty decision to buy the store after traveling to see it and moved to New York to take ownership and management of it. The store was named for its original owner in homage to the 1954 film starring Ava Gardner.
Ina also established herself with her cookbooks and appearances on Stewart’s Show, then came to the forefront in 2002 with the debut of her Food Network show. After receiving the success of The Barefoot Contessa CookBook and BareFoot Contessa Parties.
In 2005, Miss Garten announced that she had signed a three-year deal with the Food Network to continue cooking on their cooking show, and will be releasing two more cookbooks after Barefoot Contessa at Home.
Personal life
Ina married her longtime boyfriend, Jeffrey Garten, on December 22, 1968, and soon the couple moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since their marriage, the couple lives their life with joy. However, the couple have no children yet.
Net worth
Ina Garten earns a decent amount of money as an author and TV personality as she has appeared in various cooking competitions and even hosts shows. Garten also earns through her writing skills that add up to her total net worth of $50 million.