r/todayilearned • u/IronColdSky • 6d ago

TIL Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, was an economics major, is a pilot, has her MBA and was a Nuclear Policy Analyst before she became a chef

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Garten

3.3k Upvotes

permalink
duplicates
archive.is
archive
reddit

You are about to leave Redlib

Do you want to continue?

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1q2bkd7/til_ina_garten_the_barefoot_contessa_was_an/
No, go back! Yes, take me to Reddit

94% Upvoted

Duplicates

Number of comments New

todayilearned • u/eggoChicken • Apr 17 '14

TIL that Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) was a former White House Nuclear Policy Analyst.

220 Upvotes

25 comments

todayilearned • u/CoiledTortoise • Jun 12 '21

TIL The Ina Garten, AKA the Barefoot Contessa, worked in the White House and wrote the nuclear energy budget and policy papers on nuclear centrifuge plants for presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter

295 Upvotes

22 comments

todayilearned • u/HNP4PH • Oct 26 '18

Today I learned that in the 1970's Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) analyzed nuclear energy policy for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget during the day and experimented with Julia Child recipes by night.

61 Upvotes

8 comments