{"id":27254,"date":"2014-09-18T03:34:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T19:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27254"},"modified":"2025-03-05T22:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:41:19","slug":"pinay-white-house-chef-featured-in-cnns-leading-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/18\/pinay-white-house-chef-featured-in-cnns-leading-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinay White House chef featured in CNN\u2019s Leading Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27255\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Cristeta-Comerford.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27255\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Cristeta-Comerford.png\" alt=\"White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford (screenshot from CNN footage)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Cristeta-Comerford.png 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Cristeta-Comerford-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford (screenshot from CNN footage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 This month, CNN\u2019s Leading Women meets Cristeta Comerford, the White House executive chef.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Philippines-born Comerford made history when she became the first female and minority to be appointed as executive chef of the White House.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy oseltamivir online <a href=\"https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/oseltamivir.html\">https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/oseltamivir.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old chef has been preparing world leaders\u2019 dinners for more than a decade now and has served under three presidents \u2013 Clinton, Bush, and Obama.<\/p>\n<p>In the program, Comerford talks about her life when she was still in the Philippines, her journey to the US, and her career starting as a \u2018salad girl\u2019 and eventually becoming a chef in the White House kitchen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy celexa online <a href=\"https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/celexa.html\">https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/celexa.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Leading Women episode premieres on September 24 in CNN.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft.html\">https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/cialis-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>With report from Cyra Moraleda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 This month, CNN\u2019s Leading Women meets Cristeta Comerford, the White House executive chef. 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