Be Ready When the Luck Happens
An Evening Conversation with Ina Garten
Tickets for this performance are currently sold out. You may call the Symphony Hall box office at 617-266-1200 to see if they have any Obstructed View seats still available.
Please Read the FAQs at the bottom of the page closely.
Ina Garten (aka the Barefoot Contessa) is the author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, a beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon, with millions of followers in the US and abroad. She is the host of Be My Guest and Barefoot Contessa on Food Network and Max, for which she has won five Emmy Awards and three James Beard Awards.
In Fall 2024 Ina Garten will publish her long-awaited memoir Be Ready When the Luck Happens (Crown / Penguin Random House, Oct. 2024). For the first time Ina Garten will present an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey, sharing her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
In this intimate evening conversation (live onstage), Ina Garten will discuss and elaborate on the themes also in her new memoir: from a difficult childhood to meeting the love of her life, Jeffrey, and marrying him while still in college, from a boring bureaucratic job in Washington, DC to answering an ad for a specialty food store in the Hamptons, from the owner of one Barefoot Contessa shop to author of bestselling cookbooks and celebrated television host, Ina Garten has blazed her own trail and, in the meantime, taught millions of people how to cook and entertain.
Ina Garten’s gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina), she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades of personal challenges, adventures (and misadventures) and unexpected career twists, all delivered with her signature combination of playfulness and purpose.
Chef, author, and television host Erin French moderates the conversation. French owns The Lost Kitchen, an acclaimed 50-seat destination restaurant in Freedom, Maine. She has authored a 2021 memoir—Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch—and two cookbooks. She was a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Best Chefs in America in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Featured Artists
Ina Garten Videos
Ticketing FAQs
Our Celebrity Series subscribers had the option to exchange out of the performance until noon on Thursday, November 14th. After noon, we will no longer be processing exchanges, and will not have any more tickets opening up. You may try to call the Symphony Hall Box Office, who has their own inventory, to see if they have any obstructed view seats left.
Please be wary of tickets you see available online, as we have seen fraudulent tickets being sold at huge markups on third-party websites. Celebrity Series of Boston and Boston Symphony Hall are the only authorized ticket sellers for this event.
Our Celebrity Series subscribers had the option to exchange out of the performance until noon on Thursday, November 14th. After noon, we will no longer be processing exchanges, and will not have any more tickets opening up. You may try to call the Symphony Hall Box Office, who has their own inventory, to see if they have any obstructed view seats left.
Please be wary of tickets you see available online, as we have seen fraudulent tickets being sold at huge markups on third-party websites. Celebrity Series of Boston and Boston Symphony Hall are the only authorized ticket sellers for this event.
Tickets can be picked up at Will Call at the Symphony Hall Box Office windows. As noted when purchasing, only the person whose name is associated with the order can pick up the tickets, and they will have to present a valid ID. We cannot hold tickets under another person’s name or change your delivery method. We anticipate long Will Call lines, and encourage all patrons to arrive as early as possible to avoid missing the start of the performance.
Tickets will be available for pickup at the Symphony Hall Box Office starting at 2pm on Friday if you would like to pick up your tickets in advance.
All tickets for this event are final sale, and we cannot offer refunds.
Tickets can be picked up at Will Call at the Symphony Hall Box Office windows. As noted when purchasing, only the person whose name is associated with the order can pick up the tickets, and they will have to present a valid ID. We cannot hold tickets under another person’s name or change your delivery method. We anticipate long Will Call lines, and encourage all patrons to arrive as early as possible to avoid missing the start of the performance.
Tickets will be available for pickup at the Symphony Hall Box Office starting at 2pm on Friday if you would like to pick up your tickets in advance.
All tickets for this event are final sale, and we cannot offer refunds.
This performance is sold out, and we will not be offering student rush on the day of the performance.
This performance is sold out, and we will not be offering student rush on the day of the performance.
VIP Book Pick-up will take place at the BSO merchandise table across from the O’Block-Kay Room* before and 30 minutes after the performance. Additional signed books will not be available for sale; they are exclusive to those who purchased a VIP ticket! Additional titles by Ina Garten will be on sale by Williams Sonoma in the O'Block Kay Room before and after the performance.
*The O'Block-Kay Room is the long lounge at the rear of the Orchestra level facing Huntington Ave. It's across from the staircase/elevator as you turn left after entering from the main Mass Ave. entrance and up the steps/ramp to your right as you enter from the Cohen Wing. Please look for signs, or ask an usher or staff member if you need assistance!
Books by Ina Garten will be sold by Williams Sonoma in the O'Block Kay Room before and 30 minutes after the performance. Signed books will not be available for sale; they are exclusive to those who purchased a VIP ticket. There will be no public signing or meet & greet with Ina Garten or Erin French following the event.
*The O'Block-Kay Room is the long lounge at the rear of the Orchestra level facing Huntington Ave. It's across from the staircase/elevator as you turn left after entering from the main Mass Ave. entrance and up the steps/ramp to your right as you enter from the Cohen Wing. Please look for signs, or ask an usher or staff member if you need assistance!
Ina Garten will take questions from the audience in the form of note cards filled out before the show. If you would like to submit a question, please fill out a note card in the lobby before the performance.
Ina Garten will take questions from the audience in the form of note cards filled out before the show. If you would like to submit a question, please fill out a note card in the lobby before the performance.
There will not be a meet and greet or signing opportunity before or after the event.
There will not be a meet and greet or signing opportunity before or after the event.
The performance will last around 1 hour and 15 minutes with no intermission.
The performance will last around 1 hour and 15 minutes with no intermission.
Stay in touch with Celebrity Series of Boston and get the latest.
Email Updates Sign up for Email Updates