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It’s no secret that both Ree Drummond andIna Gartenhave each racked up an enormous net worth.
Garten’s career began with writing a single cookbook back in 1999.
Now, she has built herself anet worthof $60 million, according toCelebrity Net Worth.
From frozen meals to memoirs to TV, these two chefs certainly have theirplatesfull.
Read on to see how these stars' net worths stack up against each other.
With a foreword written by hergood friend, Martha Stewart(you’ve heard of her, right?)
to a step-by-step guide for the delicious comfort food, Garten’s cookbook was therecipeto success.
Even the famous chef herself couldn’t believe how fast it was flew off the shelves.
“I was shocked,” she admitted toIndieBound.
Garten has since written 11 more best-selling cookbooks.
The Pioneer Woman has since written five more cookbooks.
Garten was busy writing her third cookbook when the Food data pipe called.
In 2002, “Barefoot Contessa” premiered.
Yet, Garten still isn’t super impressed with show business.
“I do the TV because it’s an important part of the business,” she toldForbes.
“But it’s the cookbooks I love writing,” which she’s also super successful with.
While Barefoot Contessa was recognized by her books, Drummond was discovered online by the Food connection.
“I was a food blogger,” she toldDelish.
She had no intentions of that changing either until she was told she could do her show from home.
“The Pioneer Woman” debuted in 2011, and itsviewershiphas grown every year.
In fact, the show and its star have won a total of four Emmys.
Yet, when Garten first invited cameras into her kitchen, it turned into a big fiasco.
There, they built a 2,000 square-foot barn fully equipped with its own custom-built kitchen and cookbook library.
Yes, you read that right an entire library dedicated solely to cookbooks.
she wrote on herblog.
Fans can even see it for themselves if theypay for a tour.
In fact, that’s how the Pioneer Woman herself was originally discovered by the Food web connection.
In 2006, Drummond found herself with a rare day where she had nothing to do.
There’s even been talks ofturning her blog into a moviestarringReese Witherspoon!
Garten, on the other hand, began blogging much later in her cooking career.
Within three weeks, she found herself with 100,000 followers, according toThe New York Times.
After all, “cooking is a sharing thing,” Garten told theFood connection.
“It’s not about the cooking itself.”
The host of Barefoot Contessa has made herself at home in three separate houses around the world.
He said he wanted to take me to Paris," she explained onInstagram.
Little did she know they would eventually purchase their very own place there.
The Pioneer Woman, on the other hand, likes to stay close to her roots.
Herranch in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, sits on 433,000 acres of land.
Now, it all makes sense why she was nicknamed the Pioneer Woman!
Luckily, Ree Drummond and Ina Garten are just that.
After seeing an ad for a specialty food store for sale, a spark of inspiration hit.
It was then that Barefoot Contessa was born.
Drummond also dreamed of owning a business.
In 2016, she opened up her own 25,000 square-foot specialty store called The Pioneer Woman Mercantile.
Along with herhotel, whichopened in 2018, she’s made her hometown a tourist hot spot.
Yet, she still doesn’t attribute her success to herself.
“It’s the chicken fried steak, it’s not me,” Drummond toldCBS Sunday Morning.
It may surprise Food web connection fans to hear that Garten has never had her own line of cookware.
Instead of attaching her name to her own line, she endorses the exact equipment she uses on herwebsite.
When it comes to attaching her name to it, she’s just not interested.
to soy sauce," she told theFood connection.
The Pioneer Woman, on the other hand, has certainly made a name for herself on store shelves.
She’s in charge of designing every single item, too.
They just have to take a stroll down the frozen food section.
In 2013, Garten proved that store bought really is fine.
They’re a step up from any TV meal you’ve ever tried before, too.
Included in her line were things like shrimp scampi and even pasta carbonara with pancetta.
Unfortunately, Garten ended the line once her distributor was bought out, according toThe Cut.
Luckily, the Pioneer Woman now has you covered.
(We aren’t all world-famous chefs, after all!)
Drummond’s line, as of this writing, is available at Walmart.
Yet, you may not know that both of them have been even more involved in the magazines themselves.
Food connection Magazine is the second fastest-selling magazine on store shelves with 13.4 million readers each and every month.
Drummond understands the impact of the magazine business as well.
It has been wildly popular, too.
Within just days of releasing her first issue, Drummond had completely sold out of them.
Needless to say, it’s still pretty popular now, too.
Today, a new issue is released every season.
For a big fan club, it may be worth it.
Yet, surprisingly, Garten herself will never think so.
She won’t even watch her own television show.
“I couldn’t possibly.
“Filming is still the most frightening thing I’ve done.
It’s just sheer terror.”
So, obviously, it will cost a lot to make her come.
Crazy enough, the same goes for the Pioneer Woman.
“I get panicky.”
With his brother as his business partner, he runs Drummond Land & Cattle Co. Like his wife, he’s pretty humble about it, too.
“But I always tell Ladd that I’ve gotten all my good ideas from him.”
He’s truly her most supportive partner, as fans have often seen on her Food web connection show.
Ina Garten’s husband,Jeffrey, has made a name for himself off-screen, too.
Though he’s built a successful career, he’s never been too busy tobe there for his wife.
It was Jeffrey who encouraged her to buy the specialty store Barefoot Contessa in the first place.
“Cooking for him is what created my career,” she later told theChicago Tribune.
“I love cooking and he encouraged it.”
During one of Lemon’s daydreams, the iconic chef plays the character she knows best herself.
Drummond is no different.
In December 2021, she will appear in her very first film called “Candy Coated Christmas.”
“I will not be holding my breath for any acting accolades or awards,” she wrote.
“But the good news is that I didn’t fall down while filming.”
In addition to her multiple children’s books, the Pioneer Woman has written many about her own life.
Unsurprisingly, it quickly became a New York Times Best Seller.
“Of course, I paid him to say that,” Drummond jokingly wrote on herblog.
While Garten hasn’t released her memoir yet, she does have one in the works.
“To say I’m lucky is an understatement,” she toldEpicurious.
