[laughter] >> he's not really, james henning. >> he does cook for a president.he is thomas jefferson's chef before he becomes president. he cooks for jefferson for that 1801 in monticello. >> right. right. it was sally having his older brother and james was 19 and jefferson got appointed to become minister of france, he takes hemmings over to france with him and for three years has him trained as a classical french chef. spends a lot of money to do this. he installs hemmings as his. >> all the money he didn't pay him for being enslaved. >> but when he finishes his training he pays hemmings. he brings him back and he's here in philadelphia. as you know, in the the mid- 1790s, having says i want to be free. jefferson agrees to do this on two conditions. one, you have to teach other enslaved people on monticello how to cook. i spent all this money training you, i want you to impart does not. two, you two, you have to leave behind your recipes. hemmings does this and then he's free on february 5, 179696. what you see rolling through here is a list of all the kitchen