As has been previously mentioned, the White House does not allow food to be brought in for security reasons. All food is made on site in the White House kitchen.
I had my response open for 10 minutes looking into this claim. Google yields better results than duck duck go. But the president actually isn't supposed/allowed (vague terminology I know) to order outside food. Guest chefs can't come with ANY pre-prepared foods. And then I found this on eddit, and assumed many thought like this. (though he doesn't take into account delivery etc):
"$65K in pizza and hotdogs at that. Let's say that it's actually pizza and hotdogs, if split evenly that's 6500 pizzas at $5 a piece(my note: $5 for a pizza is insanely low), and 32,500 hot dogs at $1 a piece(my note: also insanely low). What kind of massive gathering at the whitehouse is he trying to feed? Is he hosting some type of eating competition or something?"
Note: the assumption about not being allowed to order outside food seems to come from thethrillist.com, with no source or proof. So take that as you will. Another Note: cost of a chicago hotdog not counting flying it in and packaging it: (from the highest rated on yelp) $3.50 EACH. Pizza: (from highest rated yelp)$10. So lets say we do $45,000 in pizzas, that's 4,500 pizzas. And the rest in dogs, that's 5,714 dogs. Okay, let's get CRAZY and say it was $20k to package, fly, have security pick them up, the kitchen inspect them, and people serve them ($65k was the total budget): that's $45,000 for food which would mean $30k for pizza is 3,000 large pizzas, and $15k for dogs is 4,285 chicago (big) dogs. Still an insane number. Lets assume each guest ate 2 dogs and 2 slices of pizza (pizza is 8 slice), that's 7 THOUSAND guests.........
So let's say $45k at your higher end prices. 857 pizzas at $30k. 2,500 dogs at $15k. 8 slices of pizza per and dogs = 9,356 individual slices of pizza and single dogs. 2 of each per person = 2,339 people. That is a lot for a white house dinner.
Sorry, I was only going off of your last post with numbers (just above mine). I'd say $20,000 is a fair estimate which makes the entire thing totally ridiculous.
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LargePizzaWithGate ago
As has been previously mentioned, the White House does not allow food to be brought in for security reasons. All food is made on site in the White House kitchen.
piratse ago
I had my response open for 10 minutes looking into this claim. Google yields better results than duck duck go. But the president actually isn't supposed/allowed (vague terminology I know) to order outside food. Guest chefs can't come with ANY pre-prepared foods. And then I found this on eddit, and assumed many thought like this. (though he doesn't take into account delivery etc):
"$65K in pizza and hotdogs at that. Let's say that it's actually pizza and hotdogs, if split evenly that's 6500 pizzas at $5 a piece(my note: $5 for a pizza is insanely low), and 32,500 hot dogs at $1 a piece(my note: also insanely low). What kind of massive gathering at the whitehouse is he trying to feed? Is he hosting some type of eating competition or something?"
Note: the assumption about not being allowed to order outside food seems to come from thethrillist.com, with no source or proof. So take that as you will. Another Note: cost of a chicago hotdog not counting flying it in and packaging it: (from the highest rated on yelp) $3.50 EACH. Pizza: (from highest rated yelp)$10. So lets say we do $45,000 in pizzas, that's 4,500 pizzas. And the rest in dogs, that's 5,714 dogs. Okay, let's get CRAZY and say it was $20k to package, fly, have security pick them up, the kitchen inspect them, and people serve them ($65k was the total budget): that's $45,000 for food which would mean $30k for pizza is 3,000 large pizzas, and $15k for dogs is 4,285 chicago (big) dogs. Still an insane number. Lets assume each guest ate 2 dogs and 2 slices of pizza (pizza is 8 slice), that's 7 THOUSAND guests.........
Maeglor ago
A good Chi dog can cost $6 and a good Chi Pizza can cost $35.
Try ordering catering from Portillo's and see what your bill is.
It's never gonna be $65,000 because Obama fucks little boys, but the price can jump on ya
piratse ago
So let's say $45k at your higher end prices. 857 pizzas at $30k. 2,500 dogs at $15k. 8 slices of pizza per and dogs = 9,356 individual slices of pizza and single dogs. 2 of each per person = 2,339 people. That is a lot for a white house dinner.
HarveyKlinger ago
I think you're either forgetting or discounting the HUGE cost to deliver it. It was probably done on a chartered jet dedicated to go get the food.
piratse ago
I counted $20k for that.
HarveyKlinger ago
Sorry, I was only going off of your last post with numbers (just above mine). I'd say $20,000 is a fair estimate which makes the entire thing totally ridiculous.