Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey have been married for 52 years and are still madly in love. Here's a timeline of their relationship.

Erin McDowellJan 26, 2021, 21:25 IST

Ina and Jeffrey Garten have been married for over 50 years.@inagarten/Instagram/Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images

Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey have been married for 52 years and are clearly still madly in love.
Ina and Jeffrey's love story began when she visited her brother at Dartmouth College in 1963.
After Jeffrey spotted her from the campus library window, he began writing her love letters.

Few couples in the public eye match the adoration that Ina Garten and her husband, Jeffrey, so clearly have for one another.

Fans of "Barefoot Contessa" might recognize Jeffrey from his many appearances on Garten's show - always showing up at just the right moment to gush over how delicious the meal she has prepared is.

However, you might not know much else about the long-lasting couple, from how they met to how he encouraged her to pursue her cooking passion.

Here's a complete timeline of Ina Garten and Jeffrey's incredible love story.

1963: Ina Rosenberg met Jeffrey Garten when she was 15 years old and visiting her brother at Dartmouth College.

Ina and Jeffrey Garten and the Dartmouth College library. Education Images/Universal Images Group/Taylor Hill/Getty Images

1963: Months later, a young Jeffrey and Ina went on their first date, but it was far from smooth sailing.

Ina and Jeffrey Garten. @inagarten/Instagram

1968: Ina, 20, and Jeffrey Garten, 22, wed at Ina's parents' house in Stamford, Connecticut.

Ina and Jeffrey Garten on their wedding day in 1968. @inagarten/Instagram

1969: The newlyweds were separated by thousands of miles during Jeffrey's service in the Army and a long-term trip to Tokyo for his job, but their love letters kept them strong.

Ina and Jeffrey Garten. @inagarten/Instagram

1969: The newlyweds were separated by thousands of miles during Jeffrey's service in the Army and a long-term trip to Tokyo for his job, but their love letters kept them strong.

1971: It wasn't until the pair took a trip to Paris on a shoe-string budget that Ina truly explored her talents in the kitchen.

A boulangerie in Paris, France. stevenallan/Getty Images

1972: Ina and Jeffrey relocated to Washington, DC, where weekly dinner parties became a tradition.

Ina and Jeffrey Garten in Washington, DC, in 1976. @inagarten/Instagram

1978: Shortly after her 30th birthday, Garten quit her government position and bought the small Barefoot Contessa shop in East Hampton, New York.

The Barefoot Contessa storefront in East Hampton, New York. Matthew Peyton/Getty Images

1995: After Jeffrey took a job as the dean of Yale's School of Management, Ina got to work decorating his commuter home to be just like their one in New York City.

Jeffrey Garten and Ina Garten in 2011. Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images

1999: Ina ran the small specialty grocery store for over 20 years before publishing "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook."

Ina Garten signs "The Barefoot Contessa" cookbooks in 1999. Robert Lachman/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

2000s: The couple calls East Hampton their permanent home, but Jeffrey continues to commute into Connecticut multiple days per week.

Ina and Jeffrey Garten in 2018. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney

2020: One bonus of quarantining, Garten says, is that she gets to spend more time with Jeffrey.

@inagarten/Instagram

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Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey have been married for 52 years and are still madly in love. Here's a timeline of their relationship.

1963: Ina Rosenberg met Jeffrey Garten when she was 15 years old and visiting her brother at Dartmouth College.

1963: Months later, a young Jeffrey and Ina went on their first date, but it was far from smooth sailing.

1968: Ina, 20, and Jeffrey Garten, 22, wed at Ina's parents' house in Stamford, Connecticut.

1969: The newlyweds were separated by thousands of miles during Jeffrey's service in the Army and a long-term trip to Tokyo for his job, but their love letters kept them strong.

1971: It wasn't until the pair took a trip to Paris on a shoe-string budget that Ina truly explored her talents in the kitchen.

1972: Ina and Jeffrey relocated to Washington, DC, where weekly dinner parties became a tradition.

1978: Shortly after her 30th birthday, Garten quit her government position and bought the small Barefoot Contessa shop in East Hampton, New York.

1995: After Jeffrey took a job as the dean of Yale's School of Management, Ina got to work decorating his commuter home to be just like their one in New York City.

1999: Ina ran the small specialty grocery store for over 20 years before publishing "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook."

2000s: The couple calls East Hampton their permanent home, but Jeffrey continues to commute into Connecticut multiple days per week.

2020: One bonus of quarantining, Garten says, is that she gets to spend more time with Jeffrey.