Sam Kass

Sam Kass: Biography in Details

Who is Sam Kass?

Sam Kass is an American political advisor, chef, and news personality. He is a former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition in the White House.

Kass is the founder of a food technology company, Trove, and operated his chef company called Inevitable Table in Chicago.

What is the full name of Sam Kass?

The birth year of Sam is 1980 and he is in his 43 as of now. He hails from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. His full name is Samuel David Kass.

Kass is the son of Robert Kass (father) and Valentine Kass (mother). Robert was a teacher at the private, co-ed University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. He also taught President Obama’s daughter Malia Obama in the 5th grade.

Similarly, his mother is a science educator at the National Science Foundation and previously served as the director of Omnimax productions at the Museum of Science and Industry.

Sam Kass holds an American nationality and belongs to the Jewish ethnicity.

In which school did Sam Kass attend?

Sam Kass completed his high school at the Lab Schools in 1998. During his high school, she was on the varsity baseball team and he also got a scholarship at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

He played baseball as a center field at KCKCC. However, he later transferred to Triton College. Similarly, he graduated from the University of Chicago with an AB in history in 2004.

Sam Kass: Profession Life, Career

Sam initially worked at the restaurant 312 Chicago under chef Dean Zanella. He opened his own personal chef company in Chicago, in 2007. The company focused on healthful and nutritious food.

He joined the White House kitchen staff as an Assistant Chef under chef Chris Comerford in 2009 and was eventually appointed Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives.

In 2003, he was appointed as the executive director of Let’s Move and later promoted to Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy.

Sam Kass is the first person in the history of the White House to have a position in the Executive Office of the President and the Residence. On December 8, 2014, he departed from the White House.

Similarly, he is the author of the book titled Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor and Good Health, Better World: A Cookbook.

Awards, Honored

• Sam was awarded the 2015 Leadership Award by the James Beard Foundation for his work toward nationwide food-policy initiatives.
• He ranked #11 on Fast Company magazine’s list of the 100 Most Creative People for his work with Let’s Move! in 2011.
• Woman’s Day magazine named him as one of its Red Dress Awards honorees in February 2016.
• Similarly, World Economic Forum (WEF) named Kass to its 2017 Class of Young Global Leaders in March 2017.

Is Sam Kassies involved in any rumors and controversies?

Sam Kass has managed to maintain a clean profile till now. She hasn’t been part of any rumors and controversy that create headlines in the media.

Sam Kass: Net Worth, Salary

Sam Kass has earned a handsome amount of wealth throughout his successful career. As of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of around $3 million.

He received about $125,000 as the executive director of “Let’s Move” and the senior policy adviser for nutrition policy.

Sam Kass is a partner in Sprig, a meal-delivery service based in San Francisco Bay Area. He invested $45 million in the funding round.

Similarly, Sam Kass invested $125 million in the newly launched venture capital fund Acre Venture Partners.

Social Media

The chef has a verified Instagram account where he has more than 19.8k followers. Sam Kass has over 9.5k followers on his Twitter accounts. However, he is not available on Facebook.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

The chef has an athletic body physique.

Sam Kass stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall with an average weight. He is blond and has brown pair of eyes.

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