What it’s like to cook for Donald

Was there ever a time where you made something for Trump and he turned it down? You don’t want to rock the boat in the first term. You have a new boss coming in, so you tread cautiously. If he wants a burger, if he wants a taco salad, if he wants a salmon, once you get to know him better, you can manipulate it by saying, “Oh, he’ll like it this way.” You have to be political on that. You can’t just go in hard charging, saying, “I’m going to give him this, I’m going to give him that.”

I get to know the principals first, and let them know me, put eyes on me so they can say, “Okay, he must know what he’s doing and why he’s doing it.” If you were to give his White House chefs a piece of advice, what would that be? Get to know him a lot deeper than what a piece of paper says. Get to his psyche so you can understand why he eats, what he eats and what he does. That’ll be the way to encourage and engage him a lot more. A lot of things he doesn’t eat is because he’s not used to it.

April 29, 2025 | 6:13 am