It’s been a state secret forever, but the former Clinton White House chef has revealed that there really is a “presidential food taster.” And it’s the executive chef.
The late White House chef Walter Scheib revealed the secret to Adrian Miller, author of the new book In The President’s Kitchen Cabinet, shortly before he died in a freak hiking accident in 2015.
“He said, ‘Yeah, the chef is the taster. We are the last ones to taste it before it goes out,'” Miller said of his talk with Scheib.
What’s more, he said, the White House has an elaborate system to keep food for the first family and even state dinners safe. Primarily, the kitchen works with companies that have undergone background checks.
“Discretion is valued,” he said. “If you find somebody bragging about that, you shouldn’t trust them,” said Miller.
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