Tour of the White House Kitchen

Dec 1, 2008

C-SPAN | White House Special

White House Executive Chef, Christeta Comerford, spoke about kitchen operations, the preparation of meals for official dinners, and special preparations being made for a state dinner for Queen Elizabeth II. This program was part of "White House Week" programming and is available on a White House Video Collection DVD set at c-span.org/products
White House Executive Chef, Christeta Comerford, spoke about kitchen operations, the preparation of meals for official dinners, and special preparations being made for a state dinner for Queen Elizabeth II. This program was part of "White House Week" programming and is available on a White House Video Collection DVD set at c-span.org/products

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TRANSCRIPT

TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:34 Unidentified Speaker FINE, THANK YOU.
00:00:36 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WE HAD GOING ON HERE TODAY?
00:00:46 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE DELAYING SOLE FILLE -- FILLETING SOLE. THIS IS A BLACK-TIE DINNER. IT IS MORE FORMAL THAN THE...
00:01:52 Unidentified Speaker A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT HIS KITCHEN AND SAY, IT IS NOT AS BIG AS WE THOUGHT THE WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN...
00:02:02 Unidentified Speaker IT GETS PRETTY HECTIC. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR A WHILE. THEY KNOW THE PLACE TO STAND WHERE...
00:02:26 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THIS DINNER?
00:02:30 Unidentified Speaker TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES OUT PERFECTLY THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO BE.
00:02:40 Unidentified Speaker HIS IS ADAM, HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE REAGAN YEARS. [LAUGHTER] AND THIS IS DAVID, OVER HERE. MOST...
00:03:38 Unidentified Speaker I DID DIGNITARY TRAVEL. WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CONGRESSIONAL AND CHIEF OF STAFF'S.
00:03:49 Unidentified Speaker AND LET'S GO OVER HERE SINCE YOU ASKED ABOUT THE PEOPLE, AND THIS IS RAINA. SHE IS DOING A RED WINE...
00:04:34 Unidentified Speaker HELLO.
00:04:37 Unidentified Speaker HERE SHARPENING THE KNIVES. THESE TO THE DIFFERENCE PEOPLE.
00:04:47 Unidentified Speaker I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1995, THE FIRST CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY CANNOT KEEP ME OUT. I KEEP COMING...
00:05:06 Unidentified Speaker TOMMY HAS WORKED HARD FOR THIS PARTY. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MENU CHANGES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING...
00:05:18 Unidentified Speaker I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH. I THINK IT WILL ALL GO WELL.
00:05:25 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SEASONALITY OF THE YEAR. WITH THE SPRINGTIME, WHAT IS THE BEST PRODUCT TO...
00:06:01 Unidentified Speaker DIFFERENT TASTES.
00:06:03 Unidentified Speaker IT IS ALL TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THIS IS FRIDAY. WE GOT OUR SHIPMENT OF FISH AND LAMB TODAY. WE'RE WORKING...
00:06:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:06:52 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS THE AMERICAN STURGEON CAVIAR THAT WILL BE USING -- THAT WE WILL BE USING. IT LOOKS LIKE A...
00:07:16 Unidentified Speaker BASICALLY, IT IS LIKE AN ICE- CREAM CONE, BUT IT HAS SAVOURY INGREDIENTS.
00:07:30 Unidentified Speaker YOU ONLY DO ONE AT A TIME?
00:07:33 Unidentified Speaker THEY GET HARD SO QUICKLY, AND NOT DO MORE THAN ONE. IF THIS IS WASTED. -- IT IS IS WASTED. I HAVE...
00:07:43 Unidentified Speaker HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE TO GO?
00:07:45 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TO DO 200. SO I AM AT -- I AM ABOUT 45 RIGHT NOW, 46. I HAVE BEEN DOING THEM FOR A WHILE.
00:07:59 Unidentified Speaker WE STOP BY THE WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AS THE STAFF WAS PREPARING FOR ST. PATRICK'S...
00:08:09 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE SOAKING THESE HEADS. -- HAMS. IT IS CURED HAM THAT WILL BE SOAKED FOR TWO DAYS. IT IS A SALTY...
00:08:31 Unidentified Speaker DESCRIBED THE EVAN FLOW. -- THE EBB AND FLOW.
00:08:42 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE A BIG EVENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN. WE DO LITTLE BIT OF WORK AT THE TIME INSTEAD...
00:09:25 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU HAVE DAYS [UNINTELLIGIBLE] CHRIS YES. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO -- WE PREPARE FOR THE...
00:10:13 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU SUGGESTING THIS IS OR IS THE FIRST FAMILY SUGGESTING THEM?
00:10:16 Unidentified Speaker BOTH WAYS. WE DO SUGGEST THIS IS PREFER FAMILY MEALS, WE GIVE THEM UP FAMILY MENU, ALL WHOLE WEEK...
00:11:14 Unidentified Speaker I AM WORKING ON THIS FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I AM MAKING -- STARTING THE PREPARATION FOR APPROACHED...
00:11:30 Unidentified Speaker IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO SERVE THE FIRST FAMILY AND THE PRESIDENT. YOU HAVE TO REALLY KNOW THE MOST ...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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