--- title: Barefoot Contessa: Ina Garten Visits White House, FLOTUS description: Ina Garten headed to Washington D.C., where she'll be cooking with White House chef Cristeta Comerford and having tea with the First Lady canonical: https://time.com/4521936/ina-garten-and-michelle-obama-are-cooking-up-something-delicious/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-06T20:51:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:24.971Z og:title: Ina Garten and Michelle Obama Are Cooking Up Something Delicious og:description: The Barefoot Contessa goes to Washington og:url: https://time.com/4521936/ina-garten-and-michelle-obama-are-cooking-up-something-delicious/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ina Garten and Michelle Obama Are Cooking Up Something Delicious twitter:description: The Barefoot Contessa goes to Washington twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ina Garten and Michelle Obama Are 'Cooking Up' Something Delicious > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 6, 2016 8:51 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 6, 2016 8:51 PM UTC [Ina Garten’s](http://motto.time.com/4198968/ina-garten-making-goals/) fabulous dinner parties are the stuff of legends (hell, [even _30 Rock_‘s Liz Lemon dreamed of being invited to one](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-11/3/14/enhanced/webdr10/anigif%5Fenhanced-22410-1415042094-8%5Fpreview.gif)) and often include very fabulous guests, so it should come as no surprise the the Barefoot Contessa is [upping her squad credentials](http://time.com/3823301/ina-garten-2015-time-100/) with the equally swoon-worthy [First Lady, Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4421538/democratic-convention-michelle-obama-transcript/). Buzz started when Garten posted an Instagram of herself on the White House lawn with the caption, “Yikes! Filming at the White House with Mrs. Obama! #firstlady #letsmove #kitchengarden,” which hinted that Garten might be appearing as part of the First Lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign. According to the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/10/05/5-minutes-with-cookbook-author-and-tv-host-ina-garten/), Garten is in D.C. to film a Food Network special about dining in the district, but she’ll be spending time in the kitchen with White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford and will also have tea with the First Lady. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4521936/ina-garten-and-michelle-obama-are-cooking-up-something-delicious/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4521936/ina-garten-and-michelle-obama-are-cooking-up-something-delicious/"},"headline":"Ina Garten and Michelle Obama Are 'Cooking Up' Something Delicious","datePublished":"2016-10-06T20:51:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:24.971Z","description":"The Barefoot Contessa goes to Washington","url":"https://time.com/4521936/ina-garten-and-michelle-obama-are-cooking-up-something-delicious/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4521936/ina-garten-and-michelle-obama-are-cooking-up-something-delicious/","name":"Ina Garten and Michelle Obama Are 'Cooking Up' Something Delicious"}}]}] ```