Meet the Real Life Loves of Your Favorite Celebrity Chefs

Mar. 15, 2025

Rachael Ray and John M. Cusimano. Ina Garten and Jeffrey Garten.Photo:Bryan Bedder/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

Bryan Bedder/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty

Though many of these star chefs have made names for themselves cooking up delicious meals on camera — at home, they each have a special someone to share their love — and recipes! — with.FromIna and Jeffrey Garten’s decades long relationship — whichshe opened up about in a recent issue of PEOPLE— toGordon and Tana Ramsey’s family of eight, see more about the loved ones of these celebrity chefs.

Though many of these star chefs have made names for themselves cooking up delicious meals on camera — at home, they each have a special someone to share their love — and recipes! — with.

FromIna and Jeffrey Garten’s decades long relationship — whichshe opened up about in a recent issue of PEOPLE— toGordon and Tana Ramsey’s family of eight, see more about the loved ones of these celebrity chefs.

01of 13Buddy ValastroLisa and Buddy Valastro.Michael Loccisano/GettyCake BossBuddy Valastromarried his wife Lisa have been married for more than 20 years, having tied the knot in 2001. Two years later they welcomed their first child, Sofia, and are now a family of six with the addition of Buddy Jr, Marco and Carlo.In an Instagram postcommemorating his 2024 Daytime Emmy Awardfor outstanding culinary host, he called Lisa his “rock who holds it all together for me.““Thank you for supporting me in this big accomplishment,' he said to his wife.

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Buddy Valastro

Lisa and Buddy Valastro.Michael Loccisano/Getty

Michael Loccisano/Getty

Cake BossBuddy Valastromarried his wife Lisa have been married for more than 20 years, having tied the knot in 2001. Two years later they welcomed their first child, Sofia, and are now a family of six with the addition of Buddy Jr, Marco and Carlo.

In an Instagram postcommemorating his 2024 Daytime Emmy Awardfor outstanding culinary host, he called Lisa his “rock who holds it all together for me.”

“Thank you for supporting me in this big accomplishment,' he said to his wife.

02of 13Carla HallCarla Hall and Matthew Lyons.Rich Fury/FilmMagicCarla Halland her husband Michael Lyons have been married for nearly two decades,celebrating their 18th anniversary in April 2024after first meeting on Match.com.In a post to Instagram featuring photos of the couple enjoying a sweet treat, theTop Chefalum wrote, “The couple that eats dessert together, stays together.”

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Carla Hall

Carla Hall and Matthew Lyons.Rich Fury/FilmMagic

Rich Fury/FilmMagic

Carla Halland her husband Michael Lyons have been married for nearly two decades,celebrating their 18th anniversary in April 2024after first meeting on Match.com.

In a post to Instagram featuring photos of the couple enjoying a sweet treat, theTop Chefalum wrote, “The couple that eats dessert together, stays together.”

03of 13Curtis StoneCurtis Stone and Lindsay Price.Gilbert Flores/Variety via GettyCurtis Stoneand his wife Lindsay Price first began dating in 2009. After a romantic 2012 engagement in Italy, the couple tied the knot in June 2013 and share two children, Emerson and Hudson.On an episode of Stone’s HSN+ podcastGetting Grilled with Curtis Stonefrom earlier this year, the couple looked back on the early stages of their relationship, including the first time Price visited Stone’s home. During the episode, Stone whips out the same chocolate mousse with whiskey that he served her on that day — a gesture that moved the mom of two to tears.“To be honest, this is the moment I knew you were the one,“she recalled.“It wasn’t just because it was delicious. It was because you saw that I liked the whiskey, you thought about me ahead of time and then you made this thing that tasted like … it was a mind-blowing, delicious … dessert of dreams.”

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Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Curtis Stoneand his wife Lindsay Price first began dating in 2009. After a romantic 2012 engagement in Italy, the couple tied the knot in June 2013 and share two children, Emerson and Hudson.

On an episode of Stone’s HSN+ podcastGetting Grilled with Curtis Stonefrom earlier this year, the couple looked back on the early stages of their relationship, including the first time Price visited Stone’s home. During the episode, Stone whips out the same chocolate mousse with whiskey that he served her on that day — a gesture that moved the mom of two to tears.

“To be honest, this is the moment I knew you were the one,“she recalled.

“It wasn’t just because it was delicious. It was because you saw that I liked the whiskey, you thought about me ahead of time and then you made this thing that tasted like … it was a mind-blowing, delicious … dessert of dreams.”

04of 13Duff GoldmanDuff Goldman and his wife, Johnna.Jerod Harris/GettyDuff Goldmanmarried his wifeJohnnain 2019 and welcomed daughter Josephine Frances Goldman in 2021.Goldmantold PEOPLE in 2023that though he didn’t want to get married after watching his parents' “really nasty divorce,” he changed his mind when he met his now-wife online.“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s how you’re supposed to feel about people,’” he said.“We have a one-in-a-million relationship,” he added. “I never thought I would have this kind of capacity for love.”

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Duff Goldman

Duff Goldman and his wife, Johnna.Jerod Harris/Getty

Jerod Harris/Getty

Duff Goldmanmarried his wifeJohnnain 2019 and welcomed daughter Josephine Frances Goldman in 2021.

Goldmantold PEOPLE in 2023that though he didn’t want to get married after watching his parents' “really nasty divorce,” he changed his mind when he met his now-wife online.

“I was like, ‘Oh, that’s how you’re supposed to feel about people,’” he said.

“We have a one-in-a-million relationship,” he added. “I never thought I would have this kind of capacity for love.”

05of 13Ree DrummondRee Drummond and Ladd Drummond.Monica Schipper/GettyIn celebration ofthe couple’s 28th wedding anniversary,Ree Drummond shared a carousel of their decades-long love story to Instagram along with a sweet tribute to her husband.“It has been an adventure, a roller coaster, a journey, an odyssey, and a blast,” she wrote in part.The two are now the proud parents tofive children: Alex, 27, Paige, 25, Bryce, 22, Jamar, 21, and Todd, 20.

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Ree Drummond

Ree Drummond and Ladd Drummond.Monica Schipper/Getty

Monica Schipper/Getty

In celebration ofthe couple’s 28th wedding anniversary,Ree Drummond shared a carousel of their decades-long love story to Instagram along with a sweet tribute to her husband.

“It has been an adventure, a roller coaster, a journey, an odyssey, and a blast,” she wrote in part.

The two are now the proud parents tofive children: Alex, 27, Paige, 25, Bryce, 22, Jamar, 21, and Todd, 20.

06of 13Ina GartenIna Garten and her husband Jeffrey.Allison Michael OrensteinIna Garten’s relationship to her longtime husbandJeffreydates back to the ’60s when theBarefoot Contessachef was just 15 years old. The two dated for five years and in 1968 tied the knot in her parents' backyard.In her upcoming memoir,Be Ready When the Luck Happens,Ina opens up for the first time abouta rough patch she and Jeffrey hit in their marriagein the 1970s while she was running her Barefoot Contessa store in New York’s Hamptons and he was working in Washington D.C.“There were certain roles that we played, and I found them really annoying,” Ina told PEOPLE. “I felt that if I just hit the pause button, I would get his attention.”Ina asked Jeffrey for a separation — a decision she calls “the hardest thing I ever did” — though the two would reconcile after he agreed to see a therapist.“He was that determined to convince me he was serious about making our marriage work,” she writes.

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Ina Garten

Ina Garten and her husband Jeffrey.Allison Michael Orenstein

Allison Michael Orenstein

Ina Garten’s relationship to her longtime husbandJeffreydates back to the ’60s when theBarefoot Contessachef was just 15 years old. The two dated for five years and in 1968 tied the knot in her parents' backyard.

In her upcoming memoir,Be Ready When the Luck Happens,Ina opens up for the first time abouta rough patch she and Jeffrey hit in their marriagein the 1970s while she was running her Barefoot Contessa store in New York’s Hamptons and he was working in Washington D.C.

“There were certain roles that we played, and I found them really annoying,” Ina told PEOPLE. “I felt that if I just hit the pause button, I would get his attention.”

Ina asked Jeffrey for a separation — a decision she calls “the hardest thing I ever did” — though the two would reconcile after he agreed to see a therapist.

“He was that determined to convince me he was serious about making our marriage work,” she writes.

07of 13Rachael RayJohn Cusimano and Rachael Ray.John Lamparski/GettyRachael Raymarried John Cusimano in 2005 in Tuscany.“John and I didn’t meet until later in life, and didn’t get married until we were almost 40. We knew who we were. We’ve always been that way, for 20 years. We don’t take it too much to heart when one person just has to vent or blow up. We’re very good at being quiet also, with each other,” Rayexplained to PEOPLE in 2021.“We don’t look for there to be constant chatter. And we’re very good with giving each other space to work on our passions.”

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Rachael Ray

John Cusimano and Rachael Ray.John Lamparski/Getty

John Lamparski/Getty

Rachael Raymarried John Cusimano in 2005 in Tuscany.

“John and I didn’t meet until later in life, and didn’t get married until we were almost 40. We knew who we were. We’ve always been that way, for 20 years. We don’t take it too much to heart when one person just has to vent or blow up. We’re very good at being quiet also, with each other,” Rayexplained to PEOPLE in 2021.“We don’t look for there to be constant chatter. And we’re very good with giving each other space to work on our passions.”

08of 13Gordon RamseyGordon and Tana Ramsay in 2019.Jeff Spicer/GettyThoughGordon Ramseymight be famous for being harsh on television, he’s really a family man at heart. Ramsey sharessix childrenwith his wife Tana, whom he married in 1996.“Date nights are crucial, whether it’s the cinema, whether it’s going out for a drive. We have a little time, but it’s quality, and so that is really important,” Gordon told PEOPLE earlier this year of how he and Tana keep the spark going while raising children with a two-decade age gap.The couple welcomed their first daughter,Megan, in 1998 and later fraternal twins, daughterHollyand sonJackin 1999,Matildain 2001;Oscarin 2019 and sonJesse Jamesin 2023.

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Gordon Ramsey

Gordon and Tana Ramsay in 2019.Jeff Spicer/Getty

Jeff Spicer/Getty

ThoughGordon Ramseymight be famous for being harsh on television, he’s really a family man at heart. Ramsey sharessix childrenwith his wife Tana, whom he married in 1996.

“Date nights are crucial, whether it’s the cinema, whether it’s going out for a drive. We have a little time, but it’s quality, and so that is really important,” Gordon told PEOPLE earlier this year of how he and Tana keep the spark going while raising children with a two-decade age gap.

The couple welcomed their first daughter,Megan, in 1998 and later fraternal twins, daughterHollyand sonJackin 1999,Matildain 2001;Oscarin 2019 and sonJesse Jamesin 2023.

09of 13Giada De LaurentiisGiada De Laurentiis and Shane Farley.Giada De Laurentiis InstagramGiada De Laurentiisand producerShane Farleystarted dating almost 10 years ago in 2015, following theGiada at Homestar’s divorce from Todd Thompson.“I got lucky that I could find somebody relatively quickly after getting divorced,” De Laurentiis, who shares daughter Jade with Thompson, told PEOPLE in 2022. “It’s so far so good, which is lucky for me because when you’re a single mom and you work, it could be tricky to find somebody that can accept that life.”

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Giada De Laurentiis

Giada De Laurentiis and Shane Farley.Giada De Laurentiis Instagram

Giada De Laurentiis Instagram

Giada De Laurentiisand producerShane Farleystarted dating almost 10 years ago in 2015, following theGiada at Homestar’s divorce from Todd Thompson.

“I got lucky that I could find somebody relatively quickly after getting divorced,” De Laurentiis, who shares daughter Jade with Thompson, told PEOPLE in 2022. “It’s so far so good, which is lucky for me because when you’re a single mom and you work, it could be tricky to find somebody that can accept that life.”

10of 13Guy FieriGuy Fieri and Lori Fieri in 2019.Paul Archuleta/FilmMagicGuy Fieri married his wife Loriin 1995 after first meeting at a restaurant just a few years prior. The couple share two sons together,HunterandRyder, and have also helped to raise their nephew Jules following Guy’s sister Morgan’s death from melanoma in 2011.“Family is always the first priority,” Guytold PEOPLE in 2022.

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Guy Fieri

Guy Fieri and Lori Fieri in 2019.Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic

Guy Fieri married his wife Loriin 1995 after first meeting at a restaurant just a few years prior. The couple share two sons together,HunterandRyder, and have also helped to raise their nephew Jules following Guy’s sister Morgan’s death from melanoma in 2011.

“Family is always the first priority,” Guytold PEOPLE in 2022.

11of 13Jamie OliverJools Oliver and Jamie Oliver in 2024.Dave Benett/GettyAfter more than 20 years together,Jamie Oliverand his wife Jools renewed their vows in 2023 witha ceremony on a beach in the Maldives with their five kids.“It seems like a blink since the first wedding which we kept very private apart from the paparazzi at the village church we thought it would be a happy and joyful moment to share with you all this Easter,“The Naked Chefstar wrote alongside photos from the special day.The Olivers are parents to kids Poppy, Daisy, Petal, Buddy and River.

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Jamie Oliver

Jools Oliver and Jamie Oliver in 2024.Dave Benett/Getty

Dave Benett/Getty

After more than 20 years together,Jamie Oliverand his wife Jools renewed their vows in 2023 witha ceremony on a beach in the Maldives with their five kids.

“It seems like a blink since the first wedding which we kept very private apart from the paparazzi at the village church we thought it would be a happy and joyful moment to share with you all this Easter,“The Naked Chefstar wrote alongside photos from the special day.

The Olivers are parents to kids Poppy, Daisy, Petal, Buddy and River.

12of 13Marcus SamuelssonMaya Haile Samuelsson and Marcus Samuelsson in 2023.Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via GettyChefMarcus Samuelssonwed his wife Maya Haile Samuelssonin 2009and have since welcomed two children together, Zion and Grace Ethiopia. Marcus is also dad to an adult daughter named Zoe.

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Marcus Samuelsson

Maya Haile Samuelsson and Marcus Samuelsson in 2023.Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty

ChefMarcus Samuelssonwed his wife Maya Haile Samuelssonin 2009and have since welcomed two children together, Zion and Grace Ethiopia. Marcus is also dad to an adult daughter named Zoe.

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Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck and Gelila Assefa Puck in 2024.JC Olivera/Variety via Getty

JC Olivera/Variety via Getty

WhileWolfgang Puckhas created an empire of restaurants, cookbooks and kitchenware, he is also a dad and grandpa.

After first meeting in 1997, the pair wed in Capri in 2007,Harper’s Bazaarreported that summer.

source: people.com