Posted on 04/10/2009 5:04:46 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE 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 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 this 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I bet Captain Phillips would love to be having a pizza with his family right about now.
Are you kidding?
Hope the Kenyan chokes on it!
Uno’s or Due’s is better!
Well, at least we know he’s not Catholic.
Asking rhetorically, but how come we have to read about this stuff in the British press? Is it because all of the mainline American newspapers are going out of business?
I despise these people.
no because unlike the US, british journalists have integrity and dont seem to mind actually asking questions that dont involve “pillows” “cushions” or “shall i bend over for you”
Too bad he can’t send a slice to Capt. Phillips.
If it wasn't for the Brit media, we'd know so very little. They are true friends and allies.
“We’re all going to have to make sacrifices”
- Barack Obama, in the not-too-distant past
So he is serving pizza which is a casual food, & yet must he is so elitist & ostentatious that no place closer than 860 miles has decent pizza to serve?! Wow what a dis to Washington area chefs.
Wonder what the taxpayer tab for this will be.
Glad he is such a man of the people, so in touch with all those suffering during this recession. I am sure many are having buyer’s remorse as their own families trim the the $20 for weekly pizza from their budgets!
Of course the main stream media spent the day fawning about Michelle and her garden :(
Obama’s sacrifice, well he only flew them in from Missori, and he didnt go fly one in from Italy.
Duplication is unavoidable when people post meaningless keywords
i’m glad he reposted it, it deserves as much airing as possible. I only wanted others to see comments from the earlier posting.
When are the dims going to wake up and get rid of this puke?? Don’t they realize this is their country too??
By the time this jerk’s term is over we will be a communist state.
Wake up sheep!!!!
I can’t think of a reply that falls within the terms of service here.
**I bet Captain Phillips would love to be having a pizza with his family right about now**
You’re absolutey right.
sigh
“When you’re the president of the United States, only the best pizza will do - even if that means flying a chef 860 miles.”
Well thank God the poor economy didn’t effect the Emperor Obama. The Obamas taking a free ride off the American taxpayers while plunging us deep into debt ...... Assholes.
White House trash bump!
I don't know what you call that, but it's NOT PIZZA!
FMCDH(BITS)
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