Celebrity Chef Sam Kass is all about a nice garden to table meal. For the past few years he has served as President Barack Obama’s Senior Advisor on Nutrition and the official White House Chef up until December of 2014. He is the first chef to plant a vegetable garden on the White House grounds since the 1890’s. When Sam decided to join the President in the White House he also became the Executive Director of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign for health promotion among children.
Celebrity Chef Speaker Sam Kass was named #11 on Fast Company magazine’s 2011 100 Most Creative People list for his work with the Let’s Move! Campaign.
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Sam’s cooking career started a little different than most. During his junior year of college, Sam worked under Dean Zanella at 312 Chicago. This sparked an interest that would change his life forever. During his senior year, Sam decided to study abroad in Austria and trained under Chef Christian Domschitz. When his time there came to an end, Sam continued traveling around the world studying under some amazing chefs including Chef Paul Kahan.
Sam moved back to Chicago in 2006 and in 2007 and opened the Inevitable Table, his personal culinary company that focused solely on health conscious and nutritious food. Soon after, Sam became the Obama’s personal chef. In 2009 he moved with the Obamas to the White House and became an assistant chef under Executive Chef Cris Comerford. He also became Michelle Obama’s Food Initiative Coordinator. Sam was promoted to Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives in 2010. Celebrity Chef Sam is comfortable in front of the mic after providing countless interviews, press conferences and fundraising events as the go-to chef on new health initiatives.
Sam spent some of his time in 2014 traveling around the world to promote “Let’s Move!” and acting as a keynote speaker at events. Sam has also been very involved in school nutrition. He led the political defense of the Department of Agriculture’s new school standards in hopes of creating a healthier cafeteria menu.
2015 will be a new year for Sam! In December of 2014, Sam decided to retired his apron at the White House and move to New York City. We are so excited to see what this new path holds for Chef Sam and his inspiring career to create a healthier nation.