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===Executive Chef=== | ===Executive Chef=== | ||
[[File:White House kitchen circa 1890.jpg|thumb|Dolly Johnson, personal cook to President Benjamin Harrison, in the small White House kitchen in 1890]] | [[File:White House kitchen circa 1890.jpg|thumb|Dolly Johnson, personal cook to President Benjamin Harrison, in the small White House kitchen in 1890]] | ||
In 1961, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]] reorganized the White House staff under her supervision, and created the title of Executive Chef for the first time.<ref name=vargas /> Kennedy hired French-born and -trained chef [[René Verdon]], who served until 1965. Verdon established a new standard for White House dining, one in which only the highest quality ingredients and cooking techniques were acceptable. The first meal he crafted for the White House, a lunch for [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British prime minister]] [[Harold Macmillan]], was featured on the front page of '' | In 1961, [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]] reorganized the White House staff under her supervision, and created the title of Executive Chef for the first time.<ref name=vargas /> Kennedy hired French-born and -trained chef [[René Verdon]], who served until 1965. Verdon established a new standard for White House dining, one in which only the highest quality ingredients and cooking techniques were acceptable. The first meal he crafted for the White House, a lunch for [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British prime minister]] [[Harold Macmillan]], was featured on the front page of ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020306146.html|last=Brown|first=Emma|title=Rene Verdon, White House chef for the Kennedys, dies at 86|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 3, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2015|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/us/05verdon.html|last=Grimes|first=William|title=René Verdon, French Chef for the Kennedys, Dies at 86|work=The New York Times|date=February 5, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> | ||
Verdon resigned at the end of 1965 in a dispute with President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] over the cuisine being offered at the White House. The Johnsons brought long-time family cook Zephyr Wright to the Executive Residence, where she became the first family's personal chef.{{sfn|Henderson|Ganeshram|2011|page=76}} For formal dining, the Johnsons hired 43-year-old [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born and -trained chef [[Henry Haller]] to be executive chef. Haller proved so popular that he remained in the position until October 1, 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/07/us/white-house-chef-to-leave-in-fall.html|last=Burros|first=Marian|title=White House Chef to Leave in Fall|work=The New York Times|date=June 7, 1987|access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> | Verdon resigned at the end of 1965 in a dispute with President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] over the cuisine being offered at the White House. The Johnsons brought long-time family cook Zephyr Wright to the Executive Residence, where she became the first family's personal chef.{{sfn|Henderson|Ganeshram|2011|page=76}} For formal dining, the Johnsons hired 43-year-old [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born and -trained chef [[Henry Haller]] to be executive chef. Haller proved so popular that he remained in the position until October 1, 1987.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/07/us/white-house-chef-to-leave-in-fall.html|last=Burros|first=Marian|title=White House Chef to Leave in Fall|work=The New York Times|date=June 7, 1987|access-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref> | ||