Noah Galuten and Iliza Shlesinger attend the premiere of Netflix’s ‘Spenser Confidential’ in February 2020.Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Iliza Shlesinger has been one busy lady.
After writing and starring in the 2021 filmGood on Paper, based on a personal experience with an ex-boyfriend who lied about his identity,Varietyrecognized her as that year’s highest-grossing touring female stand-up comedian. A year later, Shlesinger released her sixthNetflixspecial and published a collection of essays titledAll Things Aside: Absolutely Correct Opinions.
“There’s always going to be jokes— because that’s who I am,” she told PEOPLE about her book. “But I took this opportunity at 38, 39 to really put my stamp on this and say, here are my thoughts on life thus far.”
However, theLast Comic Standingwinner’s most significant accomplishment in 2022 was becoming a mom. Shewelcomed her first child,Sierra Mae, in January of that year with her husband, Noah Galuten, whom she married in 2018. The couple’s second child,Ethan Lyons, arrived in February 2024.
He’s from California
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger and chef Noah Galuten pose for a selfie together.Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
Galuten is from Santa Monica, California. His father is Albhy Galuten (né Alan Bruce Galuten), the Grammy-winning record producer behindBarbra Streisand’s “Woman in Love” andKenny RogersandDolly Parton’s duet “Islands in the Stream.”
“I was raised to believe that nothing worthwhile existed east of the 405 and that the Valley was just a place where Teamsters rented film equipment,” he wrote in a November 2013 article forLos Angeles Magazine.
After Galuten went to college, he moved to New York to try his hand at being a playwright but returned west five months later. Although his creative career didn’t take off right away, Galuten later found his passion unexpectedly.
He’s a professional chef and cookbook author
Noah Galuten and Iliza Shlesinger on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show.'.Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal/Getty
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal/Getty
The James Beard Award nominee also co-wrote 2022’sBludso’s BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and SoulwithKevin Bludso and 2017’sOn Vegetables: Modern Recipes for the Home Kitchenwith Jeremy Fox.
He first met Shlesinger on a dating app
Actress Iliza Shlesinger poses with her husband chef Noah Galuten.Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
Shlesinger and Galuten met on a dating app in July 2016 and got engaged less than a year later.
TheGirl Logicauthor recalled the special moment after she came home from dinner and started undressing.
“I realized our living room was full of flowers and candles, and Noah stopped me before I left the room, saying there was something he wanted to do before I ran off to the bathroom,” she toldBridesin June 2018. “I started crying and turned away, yelling that it couldn’t happen with my fly down!”
She continued, “He’d arranged for my assistant and his mother to set the whole thing up while we were out.”
He married Shlesinger in 2018
Iliza Shlesinger and Noah Galuten take a selfie while on a walk with their dog Blanche.Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
The couple tied the knot on May 12, 2018, with one important flower girl: Shlesinger’s dog, Blanche. Wearing a white leash and matching white bow fastened to her collar, Blanche walked down the aisle with one of Galuten’s groomsmen.
“She started to cry before I walked down the aisle, but I couldn’t go to her because, hello, I was about to walk down the aisle,” Shlesinger toldBrides. “But if I could have, I would have carried her instead of my bouquet, and our first kiss would have been Blanche, Noah and me.”
She also revealed how emotional she felt on her big day.
“The second the curtains opened, and I saw Noah and our guests and how beautiful the moment was, I totally lost it,” she said.“I was uncontrollably laughing and crying, and my parents had to literally support me because I couldn’t feel my legs.”
She shared more details about her wedding in the Netflix specialUnveiled,telling PEOPLE in November 2019, “I had the experience of getting married, and I love my husband, and it was a beautiful day,but it is not all perfection.”
“Women were expected to go through this flawlessly, and I’m here to tell you, it’s very human to have some negative thoughts on that day,” theSpenser Confidentialactress added.
He co-hosts a YouTube channel with Shlesinger
Iliza Shlesinger and Noah Galuten take a selfie outside.Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
Shlesinger and Galuten have co-hosted the YouTube cooking seriesDon’t Panic Pantrysince April 2022.
On the weekly episodes, the foodie duo share kitchen tips and recipes, including peach brandy bread pudding, mushroom ragù, smoked potato tacos and steak teriyaki, among other things.
Galuten spawned his 2023 cookbook from the channel of the same name, hoping to show “people how to cook food that they are willing to eat.”
He once ate 102 different cuisines around Southern California
Iliza Shlesinger takes a photo with her husband Noah Galuten.Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
To broaden his palate, Galuten went on a food tour around Southern California in 2008.According to Eater Los Angeles, he tried food from a different country every day with a total of 102 unique cuisines.He blogged about the experience under the name Man Bites World (which is no longer active).
Galuten later wrote about his experience forLos Angeles Magazinein 2013.
“I started Man Bites World, a no-frills blog in which I set before myself the daunting task of eating the food of a different country each day until I ran out of cuisines,” he wrote. “There were a few rules: no days off, no cooking anything myself, and no mail-order imports (sorry, fermented Swedish herring).”
Some of the places he went to included a “Sri Lankan curry joint,” “a South African sports bar” and “a Nigerian hole-in-the-wall.”
After weeks of this experiment, he concluded “that food is our best hope at ever truly understanding one another, and that if you embrace the flavors of someone’s soul, they will embrace you, too (sometimes literally).”
He and Shlesinger share two kids
Courtesy Iliza Shlesinger
“We found out from a test, and my assistant was in the room before my husband got there,” she said. “So technically, she found out first. It was uncomfortable for everyone!“Shlesinger and Galuten welcomed their daughter, Sierra Mae, on Jan. 13, 2022, weighing 7 lbs., 9 oz., which PEOPLE exclusively announced.
The new parents wanted two different things for their daughter’s name — Shlesinger “wanted a unique name evocative of nature,” while Galuten “wanted an easy name.” ThePieces of a Womanactress explained, “Our compromise was a unique name with an uncomplicated spelling.”
Similar to her pregnancy with Sierra Mae, Shlesinger announced that she was expecting again in a memorable way. In September 2023, the comedian starred in a bit in which she crashed a sex reveal and called for event organizers to stop releasing pink and blue balloons into the atmosphere.
Ethan Lyonsarrived on Feb. 23, 2024. “I picked Ethan partly because it means ‘strong’ in Hebrew and also because Ethans are usually pretty good-looking,’ " Shlesinger shared with PEOPLE just days after giving birth.
He thinks Shlesinger is the “greatest woman in the world”
Iliza Shlesinger and Noah Galuten look at each other while taking a picture at an event.Iliza Shlesinger Instagram
On June 19, 2022, Galuten shared a tribute to Shlesingeron Instagramand several photos of a family lunch at Found Oyster restaurant in L.A.
source: people.com
