The White House chefs make every meal every president eats from scratch, and as such, each US president has a reputation for having a food that they just love. Joe Biden, for instance, is known for asking for ice cream, and Trump is known for his coke button. I think personally I'd be known for asking for chicken pot pies or sorbet ice creams.


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  3. Baja Blast fountain in the middle of Pennsylvania Ave so my fellow Americans can always have a little treat

  4. Mostly I’d be letting the chefs go nuts. But I do think I’d be asking for a burger on the weekly.

  6. Spicier food than my nationality, ethnicity or complexion would stereotypically imply. Just casually bring the scoville units of home when the Thai ambassador visits.

  7. No repeats. Bring me the cuisine of the world. I want something different every meal.

  8. Pickles. Id have a pickle secretary in my cabinet who would be responsible for gong all over the country/world getting me unique jars of pickles.

  11. Manhattan served straight up with a cherry like every day with dinner. Like every hour if I’m hosting a social event.

    Steak and eggs or biscuits and gravy for breakfast every day

    Also at least 1 mexican, 1 italian (shit loads of pasta), and 1 ribeye dinner each week

  13. Doesn’t answer the question, but by all accounts FDR’s chef sucked, and he hated her food. But since Eleanor hired her, he was stuck with her.

  14. A perfectly cooked, perfectly seasoned, steakhouse style burger with high quality, freshly ground beef, cooked medium rare, once a week. But each burger has different toppings. One week, fried egg and bacon; the next–sauteed mushrooms, garlic, and swiss; another week, poutine-style, the next, avocado, salsa and tortilla strips. Lettuce, tomato, pickles, etc. as appropriate for the burger. Accompanied with crinkle-cut fries.

  15. That prestigious chef gig is gonna look a hell of a lot like a entry level burger flipper

  17. Leftover pizza from the night before, sometimes cold. Let’s see those assholes in the kitchen make fresh leftovers from scratch.

  18. White House chef after I leave office: “What the hell is wrong with that guy, he wanted everything in the form of a sandwich.”

  21. Lasagna. The first time an Italian diplomat comes to the White House, he’s going to be disappointed with my “inferior” American cooking, and I’ll enjoy every bite of it.

  23. You know those little cake-topper candies in the grocery store? They’re usually letters or little characters made up of a bunch of teeny tiny dots of meringue powder? Super crunchy in just the most satisfying way? Yeah, those. I’d ask for those every day. I always wait ’til like a day or two after a major holiday and then get every single leftover sheet of them at Target for like 25 cents each, and snack on them for a few weeks ’til I run out.

  24. I’d have a sushi chef on call 24/7, and repurpose that coke button into a spicy tuna roll button.

  31. Fried chicken man. And none of this KFC bullshit. Get down to Louisiana or Mississippi or Tennessee and find the real shit and copy those recipes for God and Country

  32. I’d be the guy constantly asking for black beans and rice. I love different foods and will constantly try new stuff, but beans and rice with some fried onions, a nice salty crumbly cheese like goat or cotija, and a dash of hot sauce is an absolute comfort food to me.

  33. Many people don’t realize that the President gets charged for their meals unless it’s for an official function like a State Dinner. I guess many Presidents live pretty high on the hog the first few months then the bill comes and they tone it down.

    Saying that I’d have a combination of CFS and eggs or biscuits and gravy for way too many meals. Gotta give those docs at Walter Reed something to talk about.

  34. Grilled cheese. But I’d have to show the chef how I make it before I let him make it because I love all grilled cheese but I love it the way I do it the most

  37. My fun fact is how much Warren G Harding LOVED waffles. This quote is attributed to him:

    “You eat the first fourteen waffles without syrup, but with lots of butter. Then you put syrup on the next nine, and the last half-dozen you eat simply swimming in syrup. Eaten that way, waffles never hurt anybody.”

    That said, I would want mine to be homemade burrito bowls

  38. “Give me all of the bacon and eggs you have. Wait… wait. I worry what you just heard was: Give me a lot of bacon and eggs. What I said was: Give me all of the bacon and eggs you have. Do you understand?”

  40. Reminder that the President must personally purchase all food from the White House chef.

    I’ll take ramen please.

  42. I would honestly be known for my love of Mexican cuisine and that’s literally all that would be served if I were to take the White House.

  43. Chicken and waffles, with some kind of spicy sweet sauce and some gravy.

    Blenheim ginger ale. I would convert a room into my Blenheim cellar.

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