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The Barefoot Contessa

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The Barefoot Contessa is a pseudo celebrity with a cooking show on the Food network.

Back in 1998 a kid with leukemia asked the Make A Wish Foundation if he could cook with her as his wish.

The boy, who would watch Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) from his sick bed, told the Make-A-Wish Foundation that he wanted to meet the Food Network celebrity. When told that her schedule was too busy, Enzo opted to wait. He really wanted that wish so he told them he would wait. When the request was made once more, a couple of years later, Garten's representatives replied with a "definite no," according to the online blog that the family kept about the boy's illness.

Instead the kid will be swimming with dolphins.



Way to go family. And good luck kid. The dolphins you will be swimming with instead are much more fun. And better looking.
 
I always thought her to be smug and pretentious.

edit: And true, she may never have actually been informed of the request. Find that hard to buy though.
 
Crono said:
I'd say :thumbsdown: to her "representatives".

It's possible the request didn't make it to her directly.
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this is also possible, either way...meh.

its also possible that theres a link talking about this...probably...maybe. doesnt appear to have made it in the OP :hmm:
 
xSauronx said:
this is also possible, either way...meh.

its also possible that theres a link talking about this...probably...maybe. doesnt appear to have made it in the OP :hmm:
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http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/barefoot-contessa-turns-make-kid/story?id=13238578

The "Barefoot Contessa" has time to star in her Food Network show, pen cookbooks, and cook at charity luncheons for her well-to-do fans.

But apparently, her schedule was too packed to meet a 6-year-old boy stricken with leukemia who requested a cooking session with her through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She turned him down, twice.

Now, after multiple blogs and news outlets criticized her decision, Garten is inviting Enzo Pereda to the set of "The Barefoot Contessa."

"Ina became aware of Enzo's story this weekend and will be calling him today," a spokesperson for Garten said in a statement to ABCNews.com. "She looks forward to inviting him to spend some time with her at the Food Network studios."

"Ina receives approximately 100 requests a month to support charitable causes that deeply affect peoples' lives," the statement continued. "She contributes both personally and financially on a regular basis to numerous causes, including to Make-A-Wish Foundation. Sadly, it's of course not possible to do them all. Throughout her life, Ina has contributed generously to all kinds of important efforts and she will continue to do so."

In a statement released today, Make-A-Wish said it supports Garten's move but noted that it's focusing on Pereda's second wish -- to swim with dolphins.
 
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