Photos: Obamas attend wedding of their longtime chef, Sam Kass

President Barack Obama on Saturday temporarily set aside the pressures of trying to calm the world's trouble spots and assumed the role of spectator for something more joyous: the wedding of the Obama family's longtime chef and friend, Sam Kass.

Kass is being married to MSNBC host Alex Wagner at a farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester County, north of New York City. Scroll down for more photos:

     Happy couple: Sam Kass, 34 (left), the White House assistant chef, is marrying MSNBC host Alex Wagner, 36 (right)