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Originally Posted by mom2twins2  As the old saying goes "Do As I Say -- Not As I Do." Man of the people, huh? A lot of people can't even put food on the table.
Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 12:37 PM on 10th April 2009
When you're the president of the United States, only the best pizza will do - even if that means flying a chef 860 miles.
Chris Sommers, 33, jetted into Washington from St Louis, Missouri, on Thursday with a suitcase of dough, cheese and pans to prepare food for the Obamas and their staff.
He had apparently been handpicked after the President had tasted his pizzas on the campaign trail last autumn.
Great honour: Chris Sommers will make 20 pizzas for the Obamas and their staff at a White House dinner
'It's surreal, it's a huge honour,' said Mr Sommers, who owns Pi restaurant in St Louis.
'It will be a casual lunch and hopefully we'll have a chance to say hello to the president.'
Mr Somers was accompanied by his business parnter Ryan Mangilardo who will help prepare the dinner for 140 this evening.
It will feature his signature dishes - ten deep dish and ten thin crust creations.
He is also planning a pizza especially for the president - the Hyde Park topped with chicken and hot sauce.
Mr Sommers's Pi restaurant in St Louis, Missouri, is known for its deep dish and thin crust creations
What? There wasn't a pizza joint in Washington?? Wonder what the carbon footprint is of this 'pizza' jet? |
St. Louis restaurant to make pizza for the Obamas
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS -- Owners of a St. Louis restaurant called Pi are visiting the White House Friday to prepare a pizza meal for President Obama and his family.
Restaurant owner Chris Sommers says Pi's chefs got a chance to make pizza for Obama last October when he was in town for a rally at the Gateway Arch. Reggie Love, now a top aide to the president, called Sommers and the then-senator got on the phone to say the pizza was the best he'd ever eaten.
The White House communications office on Wednesday confirmed the visit.
Sommers says he is picking up the expenses. He previously made a Broccoli O'Bama pie and plans to make a new spicy chicken Hyde Park pizza for the occasion.
St. Louis restaurant to make pizza for the Obamas - Missouri | State & regional - Belleville News-Democrat