chris comerford who is the white house chef, she is at every dinner. statemes she does the dinners rather than bringing in a ship. the floral designer has to design -- decide what colors. these i thinky of some of the desserts will be pumped tens and apples and thing -- pumpkins and apples. >> we will show our viewers the state dinner. view -- preview with the social secretary. the current social secretary said they were working over the weekend here and do they have volunteers that help them out? veryt was state dinners much. with a tent, they have to construct a tent. they cannot do that in one day. state dinner i worked on for mexico we had a chat. andd to be there saturday sunday, taking sure that all went ok. for all of this? , india,t state dinner cost half $1 million. compare that to sink or -- compare that to singapore, 250,000. department pays for the state dinners. the state department is a true partner every step of the way. patricia marshall was chief of protocol when i was social secretary and held my hand through it all the way. it matter

that is where chris comerford comes in, the white house chef, who is just fabulous. think she loves having these guest chefs. she gets to show them how she does things. she is right there beside them making sure everything gets out on time. the: mario was part of preparations. as we were talking, he was sending photos on instagram. squash.es of you can imagine the logistics of trying to get hot food out. guest: but they know how to do it. it's like the flight of the butterflies, almost. it's beautiful. host: what is the kitchen like on a night like this? inst: when they do it dinner the state dining room, they have an old family dining room just off the state dining room where they have it all set up. they have the paper down on the floor, stations set and ready to go. it is a huge production. tables and all the the stations and get it out. het: mario told one reporter wanted to bring his own ingredients and he was surprised when the white house said you can't. what kind of security is there around the president's food? guest: it's very secure, of course. the white h

that is where chris comerford comes in, the white house chef, who is just fabulous. she loves having these guest chefs. she gets to show them how she does things. she is right there beside them making sure everything gets out on time. the: mario was part of preparations. as we were talking, he was sending photos on instagram. squash.es of you can imagine the logistics of trying to get hot food out. guest: but they know how to do it. it's like the flight of the butterflies, almost. it's beautiful. host: what is the kitchen like on a night like this? inst: when they do it dinner the state dining room, they have an old family dining room just off the state dining room where they have it all set up. they have the paper down on the floor, stations set and ready to go. it is a huge production. tables and all the the stations and get it out. het: mario told one reporter wanted to bring his own ingredients and he was surprised when the white house said you can't. what kind of security is there around the president's food? guest: it's very secure, of course. the white house h

that is where chris comerford comes in, the white house chef, who is just fabulous. think she loves having these guest chefs. she gets to show them how she does things. she is right there beside them making sure everything gets out on time. the: mario was part of preparations. as we were talking, he was sending photos on instagram. squash.es of you can imagine the logistics of trying to get hot food out. guest: but they know how to do it. it's like the flight of the butterflies, almost. it's beautiful. host: what is the kitchen like on a night like this? inst: when they do it dinner the state dining room, they have an old family dining room just off the state dining room where they have it all set up. they have the paper down on the floor, stations set and ready to go. it is a huge production. tables and all the the stations and get it out. het: mario told one reporter wanted to bring his own ingredients and he was surprised when the white house said you can't. what kind of security is there around the president's food? guest: it's very secure, of course. the white h

that is where chris comerford comes in, the white house chef, who is just fabulous.aving these guest chefs. she gets to show them how she does things. she is right there beside them making sure everything gets out on time. the: mario was part of preparations. as we were talking, he was sending photos on instagram. squash.es of you can imagine the logistics of trying to get hot food out. guest: but they know how to do it. it's like the flight of the butterflies, almost. it's beautiful. host: what is the kitchen like on a night like this? inst: when they do it dinner the state dining room, they have an old family dining room just off the state dining room where they have it all set up. they have the paper down on the floor, stations set and ready to go. it is a huge production. tables and all the the stations and get it out. het: mario told one reporter wanted to bring his own ingredients and he was surprised when the white house said you can't. what kind of security is there around the president's food? guest: it's very secure, of course. the white house has it under