Politics & Government

President Obama Attends Wedding at Blue Hill at Stone Barns

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are guests at the wedding of White House chef Sam Kass and MSNBC host Alex Wagner.

President Barack Obama will attend the wedding of chef Sam Kass, 34, and MSNBC anchor woman Alex Wagner, 36, today (Saturday) at Blue Hill at Stones Barns in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet adjoining Sleepy Hollow.

Kass is the Obama family’s personal chef and the president’s senior advisor for nutrition policy.

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The president also appeared at a fundraising event in Westchester County on Friday at the Purchase home of Robert Wolf. Wolf, a financial industry executive and founder of 32 Advisors, was the Chairman for the Americas at UBS (formerly Union Bank of Switzerland) before leaving in 2012.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns is a no-menu upscale restaurant opened in 2004 by Dan Barber with co-owners David and Laureen Barber on an estate that was formerly the property of David Rockefeller and his daughter Peggy.

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Dan Barber was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.

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