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You headed up the nutrition education
initiative at the healthy kids' fair on
the White House lawn with First Lady
Michelle Obama. That must have been
an experience?!
It was! When Michelle Obama first
started the garden at the White House,
I was so inspired. I decided to write her
a letter and I sent a book along with
it. Although I had a PR contact for her
assistant, I was basically writing The
White House, Pennsylvania Avenue on
the address, which just felt unreal. In
the letter I offered to be of service. Of
course I wasn’t expecting a response, but
I actually got a call from her chef leading
the initiative, Sam Kass, asking if I could
come and participate in this initiative
for kids at the White House in about a
week’s time. As you can imagine, I sort
of had to drop everything that was going
on in my life (except my daughter and
husband who came along as well), and
just embrace the experience. Being able
to share this with my little family made
it such a wonderful memory as well.
As part of it all, I also got the chance
to help prep food in the White House
kitchen, whilst my daughter just followed
Michelle Obama around all day!
ELLIE’S HABITS FOR
SUCCESS...
• Always remaining
flexible – Sometimes
things go wrong, but
they can still be a
success!
• Say yes and figure it
out later
• Yoga – It helps me
stay balanced,
strong, flexible and
centred!
I also went back for another event that
was the Chefs move to schools where
I got to work with a group of school
kids to harvest the garden and create
dishes with them. Incredibly fantastic
experience and truly inspiring!
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