The Obama's gave there first formal dinner on this night- for the Governor's Association. Before the dinner First Lady gave a tour of the White House Kitchens to group of students from the L'Academie de Cuisine Students- a cooking school. The students had a chance to ask questions to the chef and to the first lady. Two questions gave an interesting insight into day to day affairs at the White House. When asked about a typical day Chef Comerford said, “somebody will open up the kitchen to cook breakfast and take care of the First Family…Sasha and Malia are going to school early in the morning. We have to be up there before they kind of go to the kitchen….. Somebody else will come in and take care of what needs to be taken care of for lunch because Mrs. Obama likes to have her lunch a certain way and we have actually have introduced some dishes you will enjoy for years to come. And then there will be another … chef to come in to cook dinner…. in between that we have a support staff that we have to feed; we have events that we have to contend with, menu writing, purveying, you know staffing people, it’s not just the cooking itself. ”a

When asked what were the favorite things the staff makes were Mrs Obama responded:“There’s some mean waffles and g rits that are made in the morning that’s become a regular staple for some of us; I don’t eat waffles every day…the soups and salads that Chris has made for lunchs…. some light, healthy salads and, you know being able to make a soup that tastes creamy without being creamy because that is something that we work on, ‘how do we keep the calories down but keep the flavors up. ”’