CELEBRATED HOSTS

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• Walter Scheib

  Former White House Executive Chef

  In April 1994, after a lengthy application and screening process, Walter Scheib became the chef to America’s chief executive and the First Family.  First Lady Hillary Clinton, impressed by the comprehensive spa menu Scheib had developed for the Greenbrier resort, as well as his highlighting of American cuisine, personally hired Scheib. 

  For 11 years, he prepared everything from simple family meals to elaborate and formal State Dinners. 
  His culinary creations dazzled and delighted White House guests including Nelson Mandela, Emperor Aikihito, Jacques Chirac, Boris Yeltsin, Vaclav Havel, Lady Diana Spencer, Tony Blair, Vicente Fox, and others, not to mention the thousands of congressional members, journalists, and other House visitors who got to know his food.

  Scheib has founded The American Chef™, the company through which he shares his knowledge of the development of American cuisine at the White House, as well as White House remembrances, with audiences across the country. 

  His first cookbook, The American Chef, offers a multitude of special-event concepts such as White House style cocktail receptions, First Lady Luncheons, State Dinners, and Outdoor “South Lawn” barbecues and picnics.   His educational and entertaining sessions and demonstrations are filled with fascinating White House insider's anecdotes, culinary insights, and techniques. 

  Food is Scheib’s lifelong passion.  He is an avid fisherman and still enjoys cooking as much as he did as a child, and at the White House.  He lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with his wife, Jean, and their two sons, Walter and Jim.  Learn more about Chef Scheib on TheAmericanChef.com. 

  Travelers may join Scheib in Russia to explore Moscow and St. Petersburg with VIP access in September 2010.