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Ina Garten hinted at having a challenging childhood during a recent interview — revealing that it’s the reason why she decided not to start a family with her husband, Jeffrey.When asked if she thought having children would hinder her career, she responded “much harder,” before she went on in more detail.“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.

Netflix cooking and lifestyle show in a recent interview with US Weekly.“I was actually surprised about the backlash to the show. It didn’t seem fair,” Lee told the outlet at the New York Women in Film and Television 2025 MUSE Awards.

Meghan Markle’s new cooking series, “With Love, Meghan,” to avoid public scrutiny and creating something “forced and fake.” However, sources close to production have told The Post that Stocks, 41, was never approached to be a part of the series.“Chef Jameson Stocks was not invited to participate in ‘With Love, Meghan,’ and any claims to the contrary are incorrect,” the insider said. “Jameson himself doesn’t even know which show it was for—he noted ‘he thinks it was for this show,'” the source continued, while cautioning against “taking his assumption as fact.”Stocks spoke about the Duchess of Sussex’s show during a recent interview with GB News, sharing why he was skeptical of signing onto the show and his thoughts on the first season, which dropped on Monday.“I was asked last year by Netflix if I wanted to consult on a lifestyle program,” the Michelin-starred chef told the outlet.

in an Instagram post on Tuesday. She was 65.Trailblazing celebrity chef Margarita Forés, famous for championing her native cuisine and bringing authentic Italian fare to the Philippines, was found unresponsive in her room after missing a lunch meeting, according to Manila Standard.

Woody Allen‘s former personal chef claims in a lawsuit that the filmmaker and his wife fired him because of his service in the US Army Reserves and questions about his pay, then “rubbed salt on the wounds” by saying they didn’t like his cooking.Allen and Soon-Yi Previn “simply decided that a military professional who wanted to be paid fairly was not a good fit to work in the Allen home,” private chef Hermie Fajardo said in a civil complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.Allen and Previn knew Fajardo would need time off for military training exercises when they and their home manager hired him as their full-time chef in June 2024 at an annual salary of $85,000, the complaint said. But he was fired the following month, soon after returning from a training that lasted a day longer than expected, it said.When Fajardo returned to work, “he was immediately met with instant hostility and obvious resentment by defendants,” according to the lengthy complaint.At the time, Fajardo had been raising concerns about his pay — first that his employers weren’t properly withholding taxes or providing a paystub, then that they shortchanged him by $300, according to the complaint.Allen, Previn and manager Pamela Steigmeyer are accused in the lawsuit of violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and New York labor law, as well as causing Fajardo humiliation, stress and a loss of earnings.Representatives for Allen did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.Fajardo said he was hired after being showered with compliments following a meal of roasted chicken, pasta, chocolate cake and apple pie he prepared for the defendants and two guests.

she walked away from Food Network after 21 years as its star, citing burnout as a reason. “I would switch gears without knowing it every seven years,” the TV host and chef said on the recent episode of Rebecca Minkoff’s Superwomen podcast.

an X thread with millions of views, the sordid saga came to light after scorned woman Ashley McGuire penned a Facebook post imploring the public to help her locate her hubby, who had been MIA for a year.“This is my husband, Charles Withers. He loves to be the center of attention but I’m not sure how much he’s going to like this,” the mother-of-two wrote in the post, which she uploaded to the popular Facebook group “Are We Dating the Same Guy” on Saturday.

said in a video posted on her Instagram. “I’m so glad that you guys got to experience how wonderful of a person she was and that you guys treated her so well,” he said through tears. The grieving son called the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate the “best mom I could have ever asked for, but an even better friend,” in the caption.

WHAS 11, a local ABC News affiliate, reported that Ferguson, 36, was booked and processed at a local corrections facility. The Post reached out to the Louisville police department for comment.

Jeremy Allen White, there’s a new chef in town on “The Bear” that fans are going gaga over: Will Poulter’s tattooed pastry chef character, Luca. “will poulter in the bear s2. look at his fine ass i cannot,” one hot and bothered fan tweeted. Another viewer said, “Yes yes Jeremy Allen White, but may I give you The Bear Season 2’s major thirst object: Tattoo’d pastry chef Will Poulter.”Season 1 of the hit FX/ Hulu show, which premiered last summer, followed Carmy (White, 32), a chef from the fine dining world who returns to his home of Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop after his brother’s death.

hailed as “power-couple chefs,” and the restaurant was profiled in publications including Vanity Fair and the New York Times. However, behind the scenes, the relationship between the hot chefs was considerably cooler. In the LA Court divorce filing obtained by the Post, Johnson accuses her husband of domestic violence and animal abuse.

news.com.au podcast “I’ve Got News For You.”During one such stage she would eat his “beautiful” tuna Niçoise salad that he claimed “everyone ate,” said the cook extraordinaire.However, the fashion expert didn’t like fresh tuna, so her dish had to be made with canned fish — which she brought with her.Wintour would hand her silver tin to a waiter, who would hand it off to a busboy, who then brought it to the kitchen. “So I’d make this beautiful niçoise salad, and then open a tin of tuna and just put it on top.

Ronnie Woo had an unconventional path to becoming a chef and TV food personality. A former model, he went on to earn a master’s in marriage and family therapy and an MBA before launching a private chef company, the Delicious Cook, which prepares delicious dishes for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.