Ina Garten the "Barefoot Contessa" rejects 6 year old cancer victim

Ina Garten, Food Network's celebrity, known as the "Barefoot Contessa"  has done it again.

It seems she has repeatedly refused to meet with a 6-year-old boy named Enzo who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The boy, watched Ina Garten from his bed, and he made a request to the Make-A-Wish Foundation wanting to meet the"Barefoot Contessa."
The boy was told that her schedule was too busy, so Enzo decided to wait for a better time.

When the request was made again later, Garten's representatives answered with a "definite no," according to the online blog that the family kept about the boy's illness.

Maybe the most insightful comment came from Business Insider: "We're sure that she truly is pretty busy. But if she had time to throw a charity lunch for six Hamptonites -- who paid $100,000 to be there -- she can make time to whip up some meringues with a six-year-old."

Those who wish to defend her reminded skeptics that the luncheon was a charity event.

In the meantime, two Food Network celebrity chefs Iron Chef Michael Symon and Beau MacMillan have offered to cook with Enzo.

We realize Garten has no obligation or responsibility to the boy, but wouldn't it have been nice if she had taken a few hours to do so?
Maybe things would be different if he had a $100,000 dollars to pay her...

GARNER SNUBBED BY TV CHEF GARTEN

Hollywood star Jennifer Garner is in shock because her request to appear on chef Ina Garten's cooking show
The Barefoot Contessa has been rejected.
The stunned star was snubbed because the actress wasn't a "real friend".
Jennifer Garner loves cooking  for her husband Ben Affleck and their two young daughters and often tries out new recipes from Garten's Barefoot Contessa show on the Food Network.

So Garner thought it would be a great idea to appear on Garten's show like she did with  Martha Stewart
(photo below) to see if she could help boost the profile of the show, but the request was denied.

Garner says, "I know somebody who is a friend of hers, and she says she's going to get us together.
"I tried to get on Ina's show... but eventually she just said, 'I'm sorry, I only use my real friends on the show.' I felt like, 'What are you saying? That we're not friends? I know everything about you!'"

On Ina Garten's website we find the following question and answer:

How can I be a guest on the show?

"As you probably know, all the guests on the show are really my good friends. Many people have asked to be guests, but my producer and I feel that it's more authentic if the guests continue to be my friends. Since the show is filmed in my kitchen in East Hampton, unfortunately, there's no extra room for an audience."