白宫雇用首位女厨师长_报刊文摘

kitchen duties may have traditionally been viewed as women's work, but not at the white house. until now: cristeta comerford has been named executive chef.

after an extensive six-month search, first lady laura bush announced sunday that comerford was chosen from hundreds of applicants to head the executive kitchen. a naturalized u.s. citizen from the philippines, she will be the first woman and first minority to hold the post.

the 42-year-old comerford has been an assistant chef at the white house for 10 years. she worked under former executive chef walter scheib iii, who resigned in february.

在经过长达6个月的选拔之后，美国第一夫人劳拉·布什于8月14日宣布，科默福德从数百名申请者中脱颖而出，被任命为白宫第一位女性厨师长。

据美联社8月14日报道，现年42岁的科默福德是加入美国国籍的菲律宾裔人，她作为助理厨师在白宫服役长达10年之久，她同时也是掌管这一职位的首位少数民族人士。