Chef Art Smith speaks to participants during a cooking workshop in Singapore October 4, 2009. His cooking endeared him to TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, but it was the flowers chef Smith sent to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama that enticed her and her husband to dine at his restaurant on Valentines� Day. Picture taken October 4, 2009. To match Reuters Life! FOOD-CHEFS/SMITH. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Chef Art Smith speaks to participants during a cooking workshop in Singapore October 4, 2009. His cooking endeared him to TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, but it was the flowers chef Smith sent to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama that enticed her and her husband to dine at his restaurant on Valentines� Day. Picture taken October 4, 2009. To match Reuters Life! FOOD-CHEFS/SMITH.

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  1. Chef Art Smith presents a salad to a participant of a cooking workshop in Singapore October 4, 2009. His cooking endeared him to TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, but it was the flowers chef Smith sent to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama that enticed her and her husband to dine at his restaurant on Valentines� Day. Picture taken October 4, 2009. To match Reuters Life! FOOD-CHEFS/SMITH.
  2. Chef Art Smith speaks to participants during a cooking workshop in Singapore October 4, 2009. His cooking endeared him to TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, but it was the flowers chef Smith sent to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama that enticed her and her husband to dine at his restaurant on Valentines� Day. Picture taken October 4, 2009. To match Reuters Life! FOOD-CHEFS/SMITH.
  3. This Oct. 11, 2009 photo provided by Harpo Inc. shows Oprah Winfrey, right, along with show contributors Ali Wentworth, second right, and Gayle King, third right, as she takes part in one of the Super Midway games at the State Fair of Texas on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Winfrey was in town taping segments for an upcoming episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that will air this fall.
  4. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 2: Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, center, sits with other members of the U.S. delegation as U.S. President Barack Obama finishes his presentation in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  5. Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey (C) sits with other members of the U.S. delegation as U.S. President Barack Obama finishes his presentation in Copenhagen October 2, 2009 in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will choose between Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo in a vote at the end of a day of presentations by the four candidates on Friday.
  6. Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, center, sits with other members of the U.S. delegation as U.S. President Barack Obama finished making a presentation in support of Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Copenhagen. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday, Oct. 2, in Copenhagen.
  7. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey talks with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  8. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, second right, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  9. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, second right, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
  10. Chicago mayor Richard Daley (2L) and US talk show star Oprah Winfrey (L) attend the opening ceremony of the 121st session of the International Olympic Congress on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is voting on the destiny of the Summer Games after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.

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