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He was not an Army Ranger. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years of working behind the scenes to feed top military brass, three U.S. presidents and foreign dignitaries including the queen of England have taught chef Andre Rush to live by the old adage, \u201cBe seen and not heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after a photo of him cooking outside the White House in a chef\u2019s coat rolled up over 24-inch biceps went viral last month, the 45-year-old retired Army master sergeant is having a hard time staying under the radar \u2014 maybe for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI get hundreds of emails or texts or pings a day,\u201d he said in a recent interview, hours after receiving a gift from Arnold Schwarzenegger and an invitation to appear on a show with fitness guru Billy Blanks. People want to know what it\u2019s like to cook for President Trump, or Rush\u2019s personal secret to staying so buff. (That\u2019s 25 reps of 315 pounds for each body part and 2,222 push-ups every other day, in case you\u2019re curious.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s a little low on sleep these days trying to respond to everyone. And while that part of his internet fame comes with a lot of responsibility, he said, it\u2019s also \u201cpretty cool.\u201d Rush never expected a big public platform, but one month in, he\u2019s taking advantage of it to advocate for causes he\u2019s been passionate about for years: food, exercise and veterans\u2019 issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s like my voice is magnified now to match my body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u2018Just a cook\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite his massive frame, Rush is more foodie than gym junkie. He is a chef, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rush cooked his first meal at 12 years old \u2014 a porterhouse steak with zucchini, squash and potatoes on the side. And when he tasted it, he knew he was in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was the best steak I\u2019ve ever had in my life because I cooked it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He joined the Army at 21 and started his cooking career preparing mass quantities of food at Fort Jackson. Mostly self-taught at that point, Rush remembers hearing comments like, \u201cOh, you\u2019re just a cook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hated that terminology,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Oh no, I love that. I wanted to be a cook.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">North Korea: \u201cwe have nuclear weapons\u201d<br><br>White House: \u201cwe have Chef Rush\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarstoolNewsN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BarstoolNewsN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQwHtmD89k\">pic.twitter.com\/UQwHtmD89k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1004729157559967744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That dream took him to the Pentagon to cook for senior staff and later to the White House kitchen, where he still works part-time, cooking for state dinners and other notable events, such as the June 6 dinner that made him famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was in the Army for 23 years and deployed to Iraq before medically retiring in 2016. Rush said that while in service, he was part of convoys that came under fire while traveling through combat zones, among other experiences. He dealt with the raw physical and mental wounds of those experiences the only way he knew how \u2014 by cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A way to cope<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t realize cooking was my therapy until I actually realized cooking was my therapy,\u201d said Rush, whose own separation from the military was aided by his time in a unit at Virginia\u2019s Fort Belvoir for transitioning wounded warriors. \u201cI would just do it on a normal basis, and when I was feeling down or depressed or off my game sometimes, I would just go in the kitchen, pull out stuff and I would just start cooking. I would cook, and I would cook, and I sometimes would make a six-course meal without even realizing it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The worst was after Rush lost his mentee, Sgt. Wesley Durden, to suicide, shortly after Rush had trained him to compete on the TLC show \u201cNext Great Baker\u201d in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rush remembers getting a call from Durden as he was in the middle of something and ignoring his phone, thinking he\u2019d have a chance to call the younger man back the next day. The next morning he got a 3 a.m. phone call from an old pal he served with in Iraq, who gave him the worst news he could\u2019ve imagined: Durden had killed himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt just tore me apart,\u201d he said, the pain of that moment showing on his face as he talked. \u201cHe was a young, spunky kid. He had everything going for him. He had just gotten out of the military. He had just gotten on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rush said the hardest part was being able to relate to Durden. Rush blamed himself in part, for putting on a front when he was feeling depressed and going through hard times. He wonders if Durden picked up on that and similarly tried to hide his suffering from others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI kind of took it for granted that he was OK, like people took it for granted that I was OK. After that happened, it was hard,\u201d Rush said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And he often thinks about what would\u2019ve happened if he had answered his phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That experience gave Rush a reason to talk more openly about his own feelings of depression and his post-traumatic stress disorder, which led him to start advocating for military transition-related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One way he does this is by taking the #22PushupChallenge every other day to raise awareness of veteran suicide \u2014 only he does 2,222 so that it actually counts as a workout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe point about them is not to just do them. It\u2019s for a cause, it\u2019s for a reason,\u201d he said. \u201cEach and every time that I do a push-up, I do it for each and every person that I lost, especially Wesley and a few others that pop in my mind and the ones that are continually struggling right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI hope and pray that they will see what I\u2019m trying to say and even if it\u2019s not me, that someone will say \u2026 \u2018Get help,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cI know it\u2019s hard, but if a person like myself who can bench press 700 pounds and (has) 24-inch biceps can stop and say, \u2018Hey, I need help,\u2019 I mean, you can also.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChefRush3-RESIZED.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChefRush3-RESIZED.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChefRush3-RESIZED.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChefRush3-RESIZED.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChefRush3-RESIZED.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andre Rush does 2,222 push-ups every other day to raise awareness of veteran suicide. (Daniel Woolfolk\/Military Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His story has been motivating for other service members currently in the same transition unit that Rush went through a couple of years ago, said Casey Pizzuto, center manager at USO Warrior and Family Center-Belvoir, where Rush often volunteers in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo have somebody who\u2019s gone through the treatment and has come out and is doing so well and has used his injuries or what he\u2019s faced and he\u2019s turned it around and achieved \u2014 it\u2019s awesome that we\u2019re able to have that connection,\u201d she said. \u201cThey can see &#8230; this isn\u2019t going to debilitate me. I\u2019m not going to be stuck in and out of appointments. I have this, and I\u2019m going to overcome it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pizzuto said celebrity hasn\u2019t changed Rush one bit. He\u2019s still just \u201cChef\u201d or \u201cRush\u201d to her and as humble as always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll just have you come cook a little bit more,\u201d she told him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rush also advocates for healthy eating and says there\u2019s nothing more important than what you put in your body. (Yes, the rumors are true. He can eat four whole chickens at once.) Rush is working on a couple of books now \u2014 one of which will be a cookbook interspersed with personal stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he navigates the limelight, he wants to inspire others by continuing to be open about his story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you ask him about Trump\u2019s diet, be ready for a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you arm wrestle me, I\u2019ll tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoiler alert: You probably won\u2019t win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andre Rush can bench 700 pounds and does 2,222 push-ups every other day \u2014 for a 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