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Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza
Apr 10^th, 2009 at 7:36am

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By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 10:31 AM on 10th April 2009

When you're the president of the United States, only the best pizza will do - even if that means flying a chef 860 miles.

Chris Sommers, 33, jetted into Washington from St Louis, Missouri, on Thursday with a suitcase of dough, cheese and pans to to prepare food for the Obamas and their staff.

He had apparently been handpicked after the President had tasted his pizzas on the campaign trail last autumn.

Great honour: Chris Sommers will make 20 pizzas for the Obamas and their staff at a White House dinner
'It's surreal, it's a huge honour,' said Mr Sommers, who owns Pi restaurant in St Louis.

'It will be a casual lunch and hopefully we'll have a chance to say hello to the president.'

Mr Somers was accompanied by this business parnter Ryan Mangilardo who will help prepare the dinner for 140 this evening.

It will feature his signature dishes - ten deep dish and ten thin crust creations.

He is also planning a pizza especially for the president - the Hyde Park topped with chicken and hot sauce.

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Reply #1 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 7:53am

I saw the pizza chef, Chris Sommers interviewed on the morning news yesterday. Apparently he is friends with someone on Obama's staff when Obama was in town last year during the campaign. He sent over a pizza and got a personal telephone call from Obama saying how much he liked the pizza. Chris Sommers did comment that he is flying in on his own dime and was going to be visisting relatives in the area.

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ClusterChuck CH.com Alumnus Offline The BEAST rises again, and again, and again, and . Posts: 5394 Greenville, North Carolina Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #2 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 7:58am midwestbeth wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 7:53am: Chris Sommers did comment that he is flying in on his own dime It is probably to discuss him receiving 346 billion dollars in bail out funds. Get the prez fat and sleepy, and THEN hit him up for the "dough" ...
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #3 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 8:08am I find it interesting that Obama, a Chicago native, would bring in a pizza maker from St. Louis. Not to be hatin' on St. Louis pizza - I'm sure it's great - but doesn't Chicago have like hundreds of neighborhood pizza joints that are supposed to turn out some of the best pies in the world?
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Reply #4 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:21am

Living next to St Louis... St Louis pizza is good, but not my favorite. It lacks that 'I crave more' quality.

New York pizza is the best in my book... real brick oven pizza. St Louis has a small chain of alleged brick oven pizza joints, but they are not worth the drive.

Chicago pizza is interesting, but only in the 'lets see how thick we can make this' sense. My entire time living there we had Chicago pizza only when we had 8+ people around a table in a bar.

Longing for brick oven pizza, I did master making from-scratch BBQ Grill pizza. I only do it 2-3 times per year, and it is normally a pain in the ass as I spend 2 hours slaving over the grill to feed the vagrants who are drinking my beer.

That said... for the most part there is no such thing as bad pizza.

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #5 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:29am Lobster wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:21am: That said... for the most part there is no such thing as bad pizza. You said a mouthful, brutha.
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #6 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:34am Longing for brick oven pizza, I did master making from-scratch BBQ Grill pizza. I only do it 2-3 times per year, and it is normally a pain in the ass as I spend 2 hours slaving over the grill to feed the vagrants who are drinking my beer. Note to self...fly Lobster in to my next beer fest! Joe
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #7 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:34am Excuse me..... If I may. St. Louis pizza is the BEST pizza around. Have you never had Imo's or Rigazzi's? Ask DJ. He knows..... It's ALL about the cheese. Jeannie
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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #8 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:39am Lobster wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:21am: New York pizza is the best in my book... real brick oven pizza. Man knows his pizza.
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Reply #9 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:40am

Guiseppi wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:34am:

Note to self...fly Lobster in to my next beer fest! Grin

Excuse me.....if I may.

True beer fests only occur in Milwaukee.

And Lobster, what I was trying to imply above is that it seems as though the President is kind of dissing his homies by "sending out" for pizza to St. Louis. Not that it was necessarily the best in my estimation. I've never had a NY pie, nor have I had a STL pie, thus no point of reference.

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monty CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 1056 The Swamp, Florida	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #11 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:45am Brew wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:40am: Excuse me.....if I may. True beer fests only occur in Milwaukee. I was hoping that when WWIII started, the Germans would be on our side for a change ... but that probably ain't gonna happen now. Thanks a lot, Brew!!
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Reply #12 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:49am

That was the irony of the news story. Obama is from Chicago, yet he raved about the pizza in St. Louis. It is a Chicago style pizza, not St. Louis style. The pizza guy said he uses cornmeal in the crust and bakes it Chicago style.

I don't care for Imo's St. Louis style pizza myself. Tastes like pizza on a cracker. Everyone else in my family loves it. I always get the pasta or meatball sandwiches when we order from Imo's. YUM

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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #13 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:51am True beer fests only occur in Milwaukee Wasn't there a beer this place is known for?????? Joe.......(who should get down to Milwaukee one of these days!)
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Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza
Reply #14 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:58am

Lobster wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:21am:

Living next to St Louis... St Louis pizza is good, but not my favorite. It lacks that 'I crave more' quality.

New York pizza is the best in my book... real brick oven pizza. St Louis has a small chain of alleged brick oven pizza joints, but they are not worth the drive.

Chicago pizza is interesting, but only in the 'lets see how thick we can make this' sense. My entire time living there we had Chicago pizza only when we had 8+ people around a table in a bar.

Longing for brick oven pizza, I did master making from-scratch BBQ Grill pizza. I only do it 2-3 times per year, and it is normally a pain in the ass as I spend 2 hours slaving over the grill to feed the vagrants who are drinking my beer.

That said... for the most part there is no such thing as bad pizza.

Agreed! The Mid West can keep their deep pan pizza, The left coast can keep their bean sprout and toffu pizza; I'll keep the NY pizza! Wink

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Reply #15 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:59am

Jeannie wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:34am:

St. Louis pizza is the BEST pizza around.

EXCUSE me ?? ?? ?? ??

Are you talking about that paper thin crusted crap that I was forced to eat, several times, while I was there in January?

(The poor delusional child has never tasted what REAL pizza tastes like, me thinks ...)

That stuff was only SLIGHTLY better than frozen pizza from the supermarket ...

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Reply #17 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:11pm

Guiseppi wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:51am:

True beer fests only occur in Milwaukee

Wasn't there a beer this place is known for?????? Wink

Joe.......(who should get down to Milwaukee one of these days!)

There was something resembling beer that stole its name from this great town. Wink

Didn't phase us, however.

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Reply #18 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:13pm

ClusterChuck wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:59am:

EXCUSE me ?? ?? ?? ??

That stuff was only SLIGHTLY better than frozen pizza from the supermarket ...

Yah, yah, yah. If you didn't grow up in the midwest, you probably don't (and can't) understand. I bet you don't even like Mrs. Paul's fish sticks!!

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #19 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:16pm ...or walking into a church pot luck dinner with something in your hands called "hot dish."
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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #20 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:17pm Chuck , you are gonna get it when I see you this summer. You've been warned! Jeannie
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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #21 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:19pm Brew wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:16pm: ...or walking into a church pot luck dinner with something in your hands called "hot dish." That "hot dish" better have some food on it if you walk in to one down here.
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LeLimey Ex Member	Re: Obamas fly in chef 860 miles... just to make pizza Reply #22 - Apr 10^th, 2009 at 12:24pm Paul98 wrote on Apr 10^th, 2009 at 11:58am: Agreed! The Mid West can keep their deep pan pizza, The left coast can keep their bean sprout and toffu pizza; I'll keep the NY pizza! -P. You mean that greasy crap you fed me that made me sick for a week?!!! UGH!!
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