Jay Leno: White House Woman Chef

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Wednesday, Jay Leno mentioned Cris Comerford's selection as the first-ever woman White House executive chef on The Tonight Show. He said, talk about a glass ceiling being removed -- now women can finally make a real move into kitchens! (Click here to listen to Jay himself deliver -- only if you have Active X, dependent on the latest, Windows OS-only version of Windows Media Player.) Funny thing, though: you know, it took Jay and staff 10 days to notice this White House woman chef story, even though their NBC parent also runs NBC Nightly News, much less parades chefs on The Today Show. Then again, Jay's monologue has been undergoing some unfortunate changes. Over the past few weeks, he has been making joke variations on the same specific event three and even four times, but this week he started repeating the exact same joke more than one night. What's going on over at NBC: did Jeff Zucker start cutting back on joke-writing staff? Previous articles: Cris Comerford: A Chef's Discriminating Toque Cristeta Comerford: First White House Woman Chef Gordon Ramsay on Jay Leno: Funnier than Hell Bobby Flay: Tonight Show With Jay Leno Technorati Tags: chefs food restaurants cooking branding cuisine television White House --> back to superchefblog