Be My Guest With Ina Garten Returns For Season 2. What We Know So Far

Ina Garten has pretty much done it all. Even before she ventured into the culinary world she worked at the White House in the Office of Management and Budget. Then she bought a specialty food store named Barefoot Contessa without having any food service or business experience. But, she sold it and wrote some cookbooks. With the success of her cookbooks, she began her most popular venture: filming her Food Network show, "Barefoot Contessa" (via Barefoot Contessa). Now, she's adding another show to her vast lineup.

"Be My Guest With Ina Garten," which premiered on March 26, 2022, was approved for two more seasons before the first one even aired (via Food Network). In her new series, we see her "invit[ing] friends old and new to her East Hampton home for a day of conversation, connection, food and fun visits to some of her favorite local spots." With Season 1 in the can, here's everything we know about Season 2 of "Be My Guest With Ina Garten."

According to Food Network, the second season of "Be My Guest With Ina Garten" will premiere on October 9, 2022 at noon Eastern time. Subsequent episodes will air on October 15, October 16, October 22, October 23, October 29, and October 30. 

If you're just interested in the food, "Be My Guest With Ina Garten" will be available to watch as 30-minute episodes on Food Network. However, if you want to watch the full hour-long episodes, you can find them on Discovery+ the same day (via Food Network). There is also an accompanying podcast available on most streaming platforms.

Per Food Network, actress Emily Blunt will feature in the first episode of the second season of "Be My Guest With Ina Garten". While discussing all things love and life they also touch on how Blunt overcame a childhood speech disability to set the movie industry on fire. In the following episode, actor Nathan Lane joins Garten in her kitchen for a cooking lesson or two. 

In the penultimate episode of the second season, Garten invites award-winning singer, songwriter, and actress Faith Hill to embark on a culinary adventure. The pair are later joined by Hill's daughter Gracie McGraw to make a special family cake. To finish out Season 2, celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson visits Garten, and they discuss work, Samuelsson's childhood, and more.

Now, the thing that everyone is most interested in: the food! The first episode features Garten making "classic English cream scones with jam and clotted cream" for Emily Blunt. In turn, Blunt prepares one of her family's favorite dishes, turkey Bolognese. To accompany Blunt's dish, Garten makes her own "Caesar salad with parmesan croutons." The second episode has Garten making rum raisin rice pudding for Nathan Lane, which is his preferred dessert. Garten then gives him a cooking lesson on how to make "mussels with saffron cream" (via Food Network). If you want an inside tip, Garten has a foolproof way to avoid gritty mussels.

In Episode 3, Ina Garten greets Faith Hill with "frozen Paloma cocktails" and guacamole, then Hill's daughter helps them make Coca-Cola cake, which is a Hill family favorite.  Lastly, chef Marcus Samuelsson is welcomed by Garten with a "French 75 cocktail," then Samuelsson demonstrates how to make his "salmon salad on charred flatbread" (per Food Network).