Martha Stewart reveals ugly rift with Ina Garten and shares how she met former mentee during LEMON SQUARE emergency

Martha Stewart has revealed how her former friendship with Ina Garten went sour, with the cooking titans initially meeting during a lemon square emergency. The friendship between chef Ina Garten and Martha Stewart never recovered after the TV star was sent to prison in 2004 in relation to an insider-trading scandal. The pair are seen in 1999 In the early days of their friendship, Stewart helped Garten's career by featuring her on an episode of her show Martha Stewart Living in 1999. Stewart met Garten in the early 1990s while Stewart was driving in the quaint Long Island town of East Hampton and pulled into Garten's bake shop Garten firmly disputes giving Steward the silent treatment In the early days of their friendship, Stewart, left, helped Garten's career by featuring her on an episode of her show Martha Stewart Living in 1999, introducing her to an editor who worked with her on her very first cookbook, The Barefoot Contessa 'My desk was right in front of the cheese case and we just ended up in a conversation.