Who is Alex Wagner's husband, Sam Kass?

FORMER White House chef Sam Kass is married to MSNBC reporter Alex Wagner.

The couple kept their relationship private for a year until the news came out in August 2013.

Who is Sam Kass?

Sam Kass played an integral role while working as a chef for then-President Barack Obama.

He stepped into the role in 2009 after Obama was elected to the White House and held the position until 2013.

Kass worked with then-First Lady Michelle Obama to help establish her healthy-living initiative, Let's Move - an effort to combat childhood obesity.

He also built a kitchen garden in the White House garden to symbolize improvements in nutrition throughout the US.

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"I’m currently spending a lot of time on soil carbon and carbon sequestration," he told Chefs for Impact.

"Farmers must start shifting their practices towards a more sustainable system of production.

"There are opportunities where technologies can measure soil carbon more effectively and cheaply, which can increase farmer capacity to sequester more carbon in the soil. "

He continued: "I believe we are just at the beginning of a transformation that I hope is going to change the world for the better.”

What advice does Sam Kass have about healthy living?

Kass has worked to promote healthy eating since he left his position at the White House.

Some of his efforts have included persuading Walmart to lower the cost of fruits and vegetables and in 2018, he published his cookbook Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World.

The book focuses on making better food choices and keeping healthier food options nearby.

He has spoken out about people's efforts to lose weight and said diets are not necessarily sustainable.

"We're told there's this perfect diet, there's this right way to eat, it's very aspirational," he told CBS News in 2018.

"And the reality is, most people don't eat that way, even people who are espousing these perfect diets that are utopic.

"We need to focus on making progress in little steps that people can put into their daily lives that can actually have a big impact on their family's health and the environment. And if you get too big, go for the stars, most people fail, and they get demoralized.

"The vast majority of Americans are trying to eat better but they're failing and they're failing because we don't actually give strategies to implement these changes in our daily lives.

"So everybody ends up falling short and then ends up throwing their hands up and giving up."

He said the real key is to make sure the majority of food in your home is healthy, so when you reach for a snack, you automatically have to go for the better option.

However, he said if there are snack foods like cookies in the individual's pantry, they should be placed on a higher shelf so you aren't drawn to them.

Kass told the outlet it was a system he implemented for the Obamas while he was in the White House.

When he first met Michelle Obama, he worked to clean out their pantry and Kass said it made "a huge difference.

"Cause now the kids are running through the kitchen and instead of grabbing a bag of chips, they're grabbing some grapes because they're just getting what's around them."

When did Alex Wagner and Sam Kass get married?

Kass married MSNBC reporter Alex Wagner Blue Hill at Stone Barns outside of New York City, in August 2014.

The couple was introduced by MSNBC commentator, Richard Wolffe at a White House dinner party in 2013.

They kept their relationship private for a year and when they got married Barack and Michelle Obama attended the ceremony and reception along with their two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

Shortly after their wedding, Kass stepped down from his role as White House chef to spend more time with Wagner.

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