Who is Ina Gartens husband? Everything to know about Jeffrey

Ina Garten was only 15 years old when she first met her now-husband, Jeffrey Garten.The couple dated for five years before tying the knot in 1968 in her parents’ Connecticut backyard when she was 20 and he was 22.Early on, Ina, 76, and Jeffrey, 77, decided not to have kids.“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,” the Food Network star said on the “Katie Couric Podcast” in 2017.“I really felt, I feel, that I would have never been able to have the life I’ve had,” Ina continued.

“So, it’s a choice, and that was the choice I made.”In 2023, the television personality shared more details on her decision.When asked if she thought having children would hinder her career, the renowned chef responded, “Much harder” before explaining further.“I don’t think that’s why I made the decision,” she clarified to BBC News’ Katty Kay. “I’m actually writing a memoir now, and I’m kind of looking back at my childhood. It was nothing I wanted to recreate.”She added: “I’m always looking forward. To look back and realize a lot of my decisions were based on my childhood, I think that was really the motivating factor, and Jeffrey and I were just so happy together.”In the five decades since, Ina has gone on to write 13 cookbooks, release a product line, host the long-running show “Barefoot Contessa” on Food Network, and host a new series called “Be My Guest with Ina Garten.” Her husband has also been successful in his career.He joined the US Army Special Forces before working for several presidential administrations and on Wall Street.Jeffrey has maintained a lower profile despite his wife being in the public eye for decades.

Still, he has never wavered in showing his support, including the occasional cameo on Ina’s show.The now Yale professor even made headlines after word spread that he acc...