Vladimir Putin’s meals tested for poison; former Chef

KARACHI:

It came to the news that the Russian President Vladimir Putin has all of his dishes tested
for poison.

Putin has every dish inspected by a medically-qualified professional sampler, who makes sure
that it is completely safe to eat.

The revelation about the 59-year-old former KGB agent was served up by Gilles Bragard,
founder of an elite group of chefs who cook for the world’s most powerful men and women.

“Tasters still exist but only in the Kremlin, where a doctor checks every dish with the chef,” said Mr Bragard.

Bragard also revealed in Paris before a meeting of the Chiefs’ Chefs Club that American presidents often liked their food “security cleared” before eating.

It included George Bush, who had two former FBI agents taste every one of his dishes during a trip to London.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is, for example, said to have “got rid of the French chef
when she arrived at the White House because she found his cuisine too rich.”

Bragard revealed German chancellor Angela Merkel “adore cheese”, while Mr Obama and his wife
Michelle like most “fruit and vegetables.”