Like all presidents , Barack Obama and his family will have to compensate for their own food while they ’re go in the White House . But does someone actually air them a bill ? How does this system solve ?
President Obama may have his own executive chef now , but when his family line and personal guest corrode what ’s coming out of the kitchen , he ’ll have to foot the circular himself . Luckily for him , though , the government activity picks up the tab if he ’s take in a state function at the White House , which could get pricey since the White House ’s web site touts that its five chefs can crank up out dinner party for 140 or hors d’oeuvres for over a thousand hoi polloi .
Does someone really keep track ? manifestly , the White House function like a luxury hotel in this compliments . At the end of each month , the president receives a neb for his food and incidental expenses . Nancy Reagan was magnificently make aback by this exercise when an usher presented her first bill in 1981 , saying , " Nobody ever told us the chairwoman and his married woman are charge for every meal , as well as incidental like dry cleaning , toothpaste , and other toilet articles . “ ( Once they got used to the bills , though , the Reagans loved the White House ; President Reagan often joked that all the creature comforts made it like living in an eight - star hotel . )
The president and his family get to pick what bite they require , what brand of toothpaste they utilize , and what computer menu they want the chef to prepare for them , but it can still get a moment high-priced than new commanders in chief expect . In a bewitching article in this month’sNational Geographic , former White House foreman usher Gary Walters said that he could n’t recollect any first family not complaining about the gamy prices of the nutrient . Walters added that Rosalynn Carter was particularly miff by the high - priced fare , which must have been a mo more expensive than what she ’d been stupefy in Georgia .
