Food Network Celeb Chefs Anne Burrell And Claire Robinson Visit The White House

Sam Kass gives the chefs a personal tour of the Kitchen Garden...and they Tweet their visit...
Anne Burrell and Claire Robinson, two chefs with popular shows on the Food Network, visited Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives Sam Kass at the White House on Tuesday. They got a personal tour of the Kitchen Garden, newly replanted for Spring by First Lady Michelle Obama. The two tweeted their visit, including the above photo of themselves on the South Lawn. Burrell is at left.

"Are y kidding me? With @chefanneburrell chilling on the front lawn of the white house! amazing!!!" Robinson, host of 5 Ingredient Fix, tweeted.

Burrell, host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, has visited the White House before, but she was still excited: "Omg!!! I'm IN the white house!!!" Burrell tweeted.

In another tweet, Burrell posted the above photo of Kass leading the tour through the Kitchen Garden. "Sam Kass in his white house garden!" Burrell tweeted.

The two were in Washington for a gala dinner in support of America's military service members, according to their tweets: "On the way to the "Armed Forces" dinner- it benefits wounded vets and their families @supportAFF," Burrell tweeted.

The White House chefs frequently host guests: New York chef Maria Loi visited last week, to cook for President Obama's closed-press Greek Independence Day reception.

Burrell also visited the White House in June of 201o, joining Mr. Obama and Kass for the massive South Lawn launch event for the Chefs Move to Schools project, a component of the Let's Move! campaign. Above, Burrell Tweeted this photo of herself in the Kitchen Garden during her 2010 visit.

*Photos by Anne Burrell and Claire Robnson