Real-Life Loves
Meet the Real-Life Loves of Food Network’s Biggest Stars: Guy Fieri & More
When the chefs from the Food Network aren’t whipping up a dish in the kitchen or judging a cooking show, they have a lot going on in their personal lives. Most of the network’s stars are in long-term relationships and have been with their partners for years.
Some of the chefs display their relationships on their Food Network shows, while others are a bit more private about their romantic lives. Scroll down for a full deep dive into the real-life romances of Food Network’s biggest stars. Plus, a look back at their relationship histories.
Bobby Flay
In March 2025, it was reported that Bobby Flay was dating fellow Food Network star Brooke Williamson. She began appearing on his show Bobby’s Triple Threat in 2022, and they started dating following her divorce in 2024.
Flay was previously married to Debra Ponzek, whom he wed in May 1991 and divorced in 1993. He then tied the knot with Kate Connelly in1995. Their daughter, Sophie, was born the following year, but they separated in 1998 before eventually divorcing. Flay wed Stephanie March in February 2005, and they split 10 years later. She was in a three-year relationship with Heléne Yorke from 2016 to 2019.
Giada De Laurentiis
Giada De Laurentiis has been in a relationship with boyfriend Shane Farley, a television producer, since 2015. The romance began following her divorce from fashion designer Todd Thompson, whom she wed in 2003 and separated from in 2014. Their divorce was finalized the following year.
De Laurentiis and Thompson have a daughter, Jade, who was born in 2008.
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay and his wife, Tana Hutcheson, a trained Montessori school teacher who now appears on various television shows, have been married since 1996. They have six children together.
Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray has been married to her husband, John Cusimano, an entertainment lawyer, since 2005. They were in their late 30s when they got married and made the decision not to have children. Ray met Cusimano in 2001 while attending a mutual friend’s party.
Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri had a meet-cute with his now-wife Lori when she came into the restaurant he was working at. They married in 1995 and had two sons, Hunter and Ryder. The couple also began caring for their nephew, Jules, after Fieri’s sister died of melanoma in 2011.
Ree Drummond
The Pioneer Woman star Ree Drummond has been married to Ladd Drummond since 1996. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Alex, one year later. Drummond gave birth to a second daughter, Paige, in 1999, and then sons Bryce and Todd in 2002 and 2004. They added a foster son named Jamal to their family in 2018.
Ina Garten
Ina Garten has been married to her husband, Jeffrey Garten, for nearly 60 years. She met him when she was just 15 and they married in 1968 when she was 20.
The couple decided “early on” in their relationship that they would not have children. “I really felt, I feel, that I would have never been able to have the life I’ve had,” she explained. “So, it’s a choice, and that was the choice I made.”
Anne Burrell
In October 2021, Anne Burrell married Stuart Claxton, whom she started dating in 2018. She was previously in a relationship with Koren Grieveson and announced their engagement on New Year’s Eve 2012. It’s unclear when they broke up.
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasseshares two children with his first wife Elizabeth Kief, whom he was married to for eight years before their 1986 divorce. He then wed fashion designer Tari Hohn in 1989, and they split in 1996.
Now, Lagasse is married to Alden Lovelace, whom he wed in 2000 and shares two children with.
Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli appears to be single but was previously in two serious relationships. She married her husband, Brandon Clark, in 2007 after meeting while she was teaching a class at New York’s Institute of Culinary education. The exes had a daughter, Ava, in 2007, before eventually splitting up.
She started dating Michael Castellon after visiting his restaurant in 2016. They got engaged in June 2020, but called it off in February 2022.
