White House Chef Slot: Closer?

By JULIETTE ROSSANT While Cox News Service was reporting, "Still unfilled is the White House chef post, the only slot where the outgoing incumbent said anything approaching unkind about the boss," Knight Ridder's The Times Argus was leaking suspicion that Chris Ward, partner of the Restaurant Life Group whose restaurants include Mi Cocina and the Fort Worth Chop House, might be "the One" favored as the next White House executive chef. D Magazine claims that Chris' wife and Mercury general manager Pamela Rogers said that Chris and another chef from Rhode Island are last two on the short list. Cox News reported that Chris has traveled to Washington twice this spring, first to interview, then to cook for President Bush and first lady Laura Bush. Earlier, superchefblog caught the scent with an earlier report that also talks about a Louisiana-born, Texas-based chef (see previous article). This news, added to a recent performance during the annual White House Correspondents Association, which received comments from The New York Times to Russian president Vladimir Putin, led Cox News to note the "queries and conspiracy theories" regarding the second-term role of First Lady Laura Bush. (Click here to read the full article). Remember to click here and "Tell Laura Bush" about all the different women chefs she might hire as White House executive chef. (Click here to send the First Lady an automatically configured email.) Previous articles: Tell Laura Bush: White House Woman Chef Results: White House Woman Chef Shortlisting White House Chefs? Vote for White House Woman Chef --> back to superchefblog