Hail to the chef: White House cook dishes on presidents’ food secrets

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 07/01/2023
Chef Andre Rush served as a White House chef for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump — and knows their gastronomical secrets.

Two of the commanders-in-chief enjoyed noshing on hamburgers.

“Like with Trump . . . he liked burgers,” Rush, 49, told The Post. “But also at the same time, Bill Clinton loved burgers as well. It just wasn’t talked about because social media was not present at the time.”

Barack Obama was forced to eat on the healthier side.

“He didn’t have a choice, he had that big ass garden, so everything had to come from the garden,” he said. “You can’t just say, ‘I’m going to implement things with kids and healthy eating’ and not implement yourself.”

Obama did have a cheat food — pizza. “Of course … [because he’s from] Chicago. And he did make his own chili, which I kind of enhanced,” Rush said, laughing.

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