Stinky The Clown
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Fri Nov-07-08 04:36 PM
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Speculation on new White House Chef ......... |
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.... lots of people in the media are saying Chicago's Rick Bayliss is a favorite of the Obamas and may get the invitation.
I dunno. He's a rock star chef who may have forgotten already how to run an actual high volume kitchen. He's also pretty narrowly focused in his culinary outlook. I think his stuff is great for what it is, but not all that wide.
What say you?
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:09 PM
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1. One thing I'll bet: the |
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frickin' PB&Js are off the daily menu.
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:11 PM
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2. Not with two kids in the White House |
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All the kiddie food will stay there. However, if Obama likes Bayliss, you can bet there will also be an adult menu this time.
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Fri Nov-07-08 05:24 PM
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3. I was talking about the adult lunch menu. n/t |
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Sat Nov-08-08 07:58 PM
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8. And I predict that "wet food" makes a triumphant return |
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Whatever "wet food" means. I take it to be soups, stews and gravies.
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Sat Nov-08-08 09:14 PM
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9. I'd forgotten all about that. |
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I never figured out what the hell 'wet food' meant either.
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Fri Nov-07-08 06:22 PM
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4. Has any White House ever had a celebrity chef? |
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Granted, the notion of 'celebrity chef' is probably kind of new to begin with (outside of professional chef circles), but I don't recall any WH chefs having widespread fame before they got the job.
I could easily be wrong, though...
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Fri Nov-07-08 07:22 PM
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5. No, not really, although Walter Scheib was well known professionally |
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and became a rock star later.
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Sat Nov-08-08 06:07 AM
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6. Alice Walters was a huge supporter, and is big on healthy and sustainable |
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eating.
Michelle has talked about eating more healthy if they were in the White House. Or also Art Smith (Art & Soul on Capitol Hill, a Chicagoan who was Oprah's personal chef)
So that is another possibility. It would also not surprise me at all for them to ask more than one person...I mean, why not? The expert on healthy working with one of the best Mexican chefs in this country? I would do it that way.
Any other rumors yet?
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Sat Nov-08-08 06:19 PM
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7. If it were me, I'd take Michael Symon. But I don't think celebrity chefs would go to the White House |
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They'd lose too much money.
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Sat Nov-08-08 09:30 PM
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the prestige is enough, no?
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Sun Nov-09-08 08:46 AM
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11. If one already has a TV show and a couple restaurants, |
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I don't think cooking at the White House will bring much extra stuff, and would only interfere in doing the other stuff.
I think being White House chef is something more of the up-and-comer than the established dude.
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Sun Nov-09-08 09:38 AM
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how many of these celebrity chefs routinely cook for heads of state and other dignitaries?
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Sun Nov-09-08 03:55 PM
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13. Maybe the existing WH chef would like to stay and be given the chance |
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