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Ina Garten Addresses Martha Stewart Comparisons Amid Rumored Feud

Ina Garten preached the importance of authentically trusting her ‘vision’ amid early career comparisons to Martha Stewart

Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage; Michael Simon/Getty Images Martha Stewart and Ina Garten are two of the biggest names in the lifestyle space, but their onetime friendship has, apparently, evaporated. Ina GartenNoam Galai/Getty Images for NYCWFF“My desk was right in front of the cheese case and we just ended up in a conversation,” Garten previously told TIME in a 2017 interview. One day, Stewart brought a publisher to the Barefoot Contessa outpost that helped secure Garten’s first cookbook deal.

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