White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford - in pictures
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Cristeta Comerford was the White House assistant chef in 2002 and was quickly promoted to executive chef. Photo: George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum -
Ms Comerford presents calotte of beef, which will be served to President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House. EPA -
Ms Comerford shows off her butter-poached Maine lobster and other dishes during a preview of a White House state dinner. EPA -
The White House menu features elaborate dishes including a creme fraiche ice cream. AFP -
Ms Comerford will also present a trio of American cheeses in the red, white and blue-themed dinner at the White House. AFP -
Ms Comerford, second right, with White House executive pastry chef Susie Morrison. AP -
A trio of American cheeses and other dishes are displayed. AP -
The White House state dinner will include a butter-poached Maine lobster. AP -
US first lady Jill Biden is accompanied by Ms Comerford before the White House state dinner. AP -
Ms Comerford, second left, works with staff in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House to plate a course in 2011. Photo: Official White House Photo / Pete Souza -
Barack Obama fist-bumps executive pastry chef Susie Morrison after sampling pies with his wife Michelle Obama, ABC anchor Robin Roberts and Ms Comerford during an interview about Thanksgiving in the White House kitchen in 2014. Photo: Official White House Photo / Pete Souza -
Ms Comerford, foreground, briefs staff on preparations for a state dinner honouring Mexico in 2010. Photo: Official White House Photo / Samantha Appleton -
Michelle Obama, who was first lady at the time, laughs with Ms Comerford, right, as she gives a kitchen preview for a dinner at the White House in 2009. Reuters -
Ms Obama is joined by Ms Comerford, right, and children of military families for a craft project during the 2012 holiday decorations press preview. Photo: Official White House Photo / Chuck Kennedy -
Barack Obama, who was president at the time, and former German chancellor Angela Merkel tour the White House kitchen garden in 2014. Photo: Official White House Photo / Pete Souza -
Ms Obama and Rachael Ray, back right, watch Ms Comerford and children preparing a meal in 2016. Photo: Official White House Photo / Amanda Lucidon -
Ms Comerford and Laura Bush, the first lady at the time, discuss holiday food in the State Dining Room. Photo: National Archives -
Ms Comerford in the kitchen with then-first lady Michelle Obama. Photo: Obama White House Archives -
Ms Comerford hosts a media preview of an official dinner in honour of the Japanese prime minister, hosted by George W and Laura Bush. Photo: National Archives -
The menu created by Ms Comerford for the prime minister of Japan. Photo: National Archives -
Guillaume Gomez, Special Representative of the President of France for Gastronomy, gives the insignia of Officier du Merite Agricole to Ms Comerford in 2022. AFP -
Ms Comerford, the first woman in charge of the White House kitchen, was inducted into France's Order of Agricultural Merit at the rank of officer. AFP -
Ms Comerford holds dishes that will be served at Thursday evening's State Dinner. Reuters -
Comerford and staff work in the Kitchen of the White House in 2009. Official White House Photo / Joyce N Boghosian
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