First Lady Michelle O
bama, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives Sam Kass, and Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford will all be featured on NBC daytimer "The Nate Berkus Show" on Monday, Nov. 7, the production company announced today. It's the first time all have been on the show. Berkus is an interior designer beloved by Obama pal Oprah Winfrey, who produces the show, and he took his crew to film at the White House during the October 5th Fall Harvest of the Kitchen Garden, according to an East Wing spokesman. (Above: Mrs. Obama in action during the event)Berkus has an "exclusive interview" about healthy eating with Mrs. Obama: "Nate joins the First Lady on the South Lawn for her only interview in daytime about how viewers can change the way their families eat – today!" notes the publicity announcement.
Berkus tours the White House Kitchen Garden with Kass, and then visits the kitchen for a lesson in healthy cooking from Comerford. It's part of the pre-launch for Mrs. Obama's forthcoming book, "American Grown."
The episode announcement has plenty of exclamation points:
"Nate makes a trip to the most recognized home in America to pay a visit to First Lady Michelle Obama in a daytime television exclusive! He joins the First Lady to celebrate the White House's "Fall Harvest Festival" and teach viewers how they can fill their homes, backyards and kitchens with healthy food for their families.
First up, a tour of the White House vegetable garden only for Nate's viewers with Assistant White House Chef, Sam Kass – get the inside scoop about what's on the First Family's dinner plates and how everyone at home can start their own gardens, too.
Next, the White House's longtime Executive Chef, Cristeta Comerford, spends time with Nate in the White House kitchen – learn how to cook a meal that's fit for the First Family! Then, Nate joins the First Lady on the South Lawn for her only interview in daytime about how viewers can change the way their families eat – today!"
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*Photo by Helena Bottemiller for Obama Foodorama