During the podcast, Oprah brought up the fact that Garten had revealed she had to 'fight like hell' when getting her first cookbook published in 1999.
Ina Garten reveals how she avoided pressure to be the next Martha Stewart Celebrity chef Ina Garten, 76, is pulling back the curtain on her career journey, and how she avoided pressures to be like Martha Stewart.
Oprah asked] 'The publishers were trying to change you, but you stuck to your own vision, and wouldn't let them, because I think they were trying to make you like Martha Stewart, or Martha does it this way - what did you learn through that experience?'
Garten, who is widely known as The Barefoot Contessa, spoke about the industry and her rise to fame during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey podcast on December 24.
'I think the thing that works is if you're really true to who you are, if you believe in it so fiercely, somebody out there is gonna believe in it, too,' she continued.
