White House pastry chef Roland Mesnier dies

The French pastry chef in the White House during the reigns of five presidents, Roland Mesnier, died in the United States at the age of 78, according to an association concerned with the history of the American presidential residence.

And the "White House Historical Association" reported on its website that Mesnier died the day before yesterday, after a short period of illness.

On Saturday, the former first lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton, posted on her Twitter account a picture of her with the late, accompanied by a comment, in which she said: "I have very good memories of Chef Messinier. He loved to make people happy with his beautiful creations, such as his famous gingerbread houses at Christmas We will miss him."

As for the Ronald Reagan Foundation, it expressed its sorrow for the death of Roland Mesnier, recalling that "he was a chef in the White House for 26 years and for five US presidents, including 25 years as the chief pastry chef in the White House."

"His passion, commitment and love for his work will remain engraved in our memories," she added.

And the newspaper "Washington Post" quoted Messinier's son that his father, who was born in the small town of Bonnay near the French city of Besançon and who left his job in the White House in 2004, died in Virginia from complications related to cancer.

President Jimmy Carter's wife Rosaline was behind the hiring of Messinier in 1979. The French chef, who came from a modest family of nine children, had previously worked in major hotels in Germany, Britain and Bermuda after his apprenticeship in Besançon.

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