--- title: Jennifer Garner and Ina Garten go to In N Out Burger: Photo description: Jennifer Garner and Ina Garten went on the friend date of our dreams when they took a trip to In-N-Out Burger together. canonical: https://time.com/5474343/jennifer-garner-ina-garten/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-07T20:26:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:20.807Z og:title: Jennifer Garner Ina Garten Define Friendship Goals og:description: And yes, they had animal-style burgers og:url: https://time.com/5474343/jennifer-garner-ina-garten/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt745ddf69ee9a070b/69894112bc6cfc3e743e7a9f/jennifer-garner-ina-garten-in-n-out-burger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 32nd American Cinematheque Award Presentation Honoring Bradley Cooper - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Garner Ina Garten Define Friendship Goals twitter:description: And yes, they had animal-style burgers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt745ddf69ee9a070b/69894112bc6cfc3e743e7a9f/jennifer-garner-ina-garten-in-n-out-burger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Garner and Ina Garten Went on a Burger Friend Date One Can Only Dream About > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images) Matt Winkelmeyer—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 7, 2018 8:26 PM UTC If you’ve been following [Jennifer Garner](http://time.com/5187506/jennifer-garner-shocked-face-oscars-meme-response/)‘s social media at all, you’ll know that the [_Camping_](http://time.com/5421569/lena-dunham-camping/) star loves cooking and baking so much that she’s even created her own [“Pretend Cooking Show”](https://www.instagram.com/p/BqU52JGFu4I/) for her Instagram followers. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that Garner’s struck a chummy friendship with the doyenne of all domestic goddesses and someone she’s long professed admiration for, the inimitable Ina Garten, which resulted in the two sharing dinner at In-N-Out Burger after the last stop on Garten’s book tour on Thursday night for her latest cook book, _Cook Like a Pro: Recipes and Tips for Home Cooks._ In an Instagram post, Garten sweetly shared that it was “only the best for my friend @jennifergarner.” For fans, however, that might be more interested in the food than the company, Garten obligingly confirmed that the burgers they ate that night were In-N-Out’s famous “animal style.” Dinner with Ina Garten and Jennifer Garner over burgers and fries? Sounds like the friend date of our dreams. 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