How do I contact and arrange a meeting with Ina Garten?
From the wikipedia article on her it looks like a tall order: Garten is known to guard her privacy closely, giving few interviews and declining to take part in Food Network charities and activities. I think your best bet is to try and get a letter forwarded to her (open, so they can see it isn’t a nutcase) through her publisher or agent. Attempting to, respectfully, get a message to her through the staff of these organisations may be helpful. Also, ask them for any planned public appearances/book signings and maybe you can even hide the meeting with a ‘nice weekend away’ surprise. Even if you can’t get any confirmation of a personal meeting of any sort (my suspicion as will be the case) you may be able to get to meet her through a book signing or other public appearance. I foresee a large amount of ground work. Good luck.
Ok, so the only reason that I don’t think this is totally out of the question is that I googled Ina Garten and came up with this from a foodie discussion board: Miss Ina has a note on her site stating that because the show’s production takes place in the rather small kitchen of her home it would be impossible to invite guests other than people/friends she actually knows and usually entertains. She does, however, offer a consolation visit to her office over the store where she generally ‘holds court’ five days a week during regular business hours. She asks that you call ahead just to be certain that she’s in and available. That was as of Sept, 2007. The note isn’t on her site anymore, which makes me think that she was probably got too many such requests. But the fact that she was apparently willing to meet with people a couple of months ago makes me think that she might be willing to accommodate a special request. It sounds possible to me t
