Culinary Diplomats: A White House History Exhibit Revisits the Executive Chefs of 1961-2024, With a Livestream Talk on November 10
The White House Historical Association is presenting the exhibit Culinary Diplomats: The Gastronomic Legacy of White House Executive Chefs (1961-2024), and on November 10 at 5:30 p.m. ET it will stream a White House History Live episode on its Facebook and YouTube pages, with guest curator Ethan McNamara discussing the show.
The exhibit celebrates the position of White House Executive Chef: the chefs who were at once fine-dining standouts serving state occasions and home cooks for their respective first families, adapting their skills to each presidential palate and elevating White House dining to luxury-hotel standards. Stories range from the elegant banquet for Nelson Mandela to the barbecued pigs prepared for Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira, and all the daily meals in between.
McNamara is a recent master's graduate of NYU Steinhardt's Department of Media, Culture, and Communications. The White House Kitchen sits on the Ground Floor of the Executive Mansion; the Association's collection includes Joseph J. Scherschel's April 1970 photograph of Executive Chef Henry Haller and his team at work in it.
(Source: White House Historical Association)
Source: White House Historical Association
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