"White House Pastry Chef Discusses Desserts, Career"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

The freedom-hating bastard trained in a FRENCH pastry shop...and is apparently PROUD of it!!!

:evilgrin:


Roland Mesnier, White House Pastry Chef

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20040727.html

Donna, from Ohio writes:
What kind of training do you have and how did you get the job at the White House?

Roland Mesnier
Well I have on the job training. I did not attend any fancy schools or universities. I started at the age of 14 in a French pastry shop and then traveled half of the world to learn different recipes and techniques from different countries. How did I get this job? Totally was at the right place at the right time.

Anukul, from Pittsburgh, PA writes:
Could you share how being a pastry chef in the Whitehouse is different than being one anywhere else? Does the Secret Service prevent you from serving flaming desserts: crpes suzette, bananas foster, etc.,?Also, what do you think is the greatest American dessert?

Roland Mesnier
First of all, to be the pastry chef at the White House you have to be totally dedicated to the profession, the job and the First Family. You don't think about free time, spare time, etc. Because your time is at the White House. Any time you are needed you have to be there. It could be Christmas day, Easter, your birthday, your mother's birthday, your child's birthday -- you are going to be at the White House if you are needed. The White House always comes first. Everything you do has to be perfect. There is no guessing or any "second times." Whatever you send out has to be absolutely perfect. There is no "oops." Or maybe or "I think." Perfection is no accident. It is just something that you need to apply at the White House. The Secret Service, by the way, has not restricted flaming desserts. But I do restrict it, because on one Christmas a lady caught on fire. She was wearing a fox shawl around her neck, she leaned over on the dessert table and whoops she was on fire. So no flambe at the White House. Thank you.

[supernova]

1. How adorable! Msr Mesnier will be missed!

Roslynn has good taste.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Hey..he was there before the Bushies!

and I once took cooking classes with the former WH Chef who now owns a restaurant in New England.....let's not slam the help..they are mostly apolitical artists!

(although I am sure all Shrub wants is a Pnut Buster Parfait from Brazier's)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. OK, he probably isn't a bastard, and he probably loves freedom.

:evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

4. Hey now...DQ's in Texas are different. Ours aren't Braziers.

Even some of the menu items have different names here. Go figger.

[LynneSin]

5. Actually no.....

I met the mother of the former cook for Bill Clinton (she's from Wilmington and she's shown us all the pictures of her son cooking for Bill Clinton).

He wasn't the only cook, but when Bill left his time was done too.