Jose Andres | All About To Know

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Jose Andres All About To Know
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Introduction

• José Andrés was born in Spain in 1969. When he
  was 15, he went to culinary school. He shift in
  the United States in 1991. His success with the
  restaurant Jaleo sparked interest in Spanish food
  in the Washington, D.C. area and led to the rise
  of the Think Food Group, a chain of more than two
  dozen restaurants. 

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World Central Kitchen

• In 2010, Andrés started a charity called World
  Central Kitchen to help people who have been
  affected by disasters get food. He has also been
  on TV shows like Made in Spain, written a
  number of cookbooks, and won awards like the
  National Humanities Medal.

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Early Life

• Growing up and starting to like Cooking José
  Ramon Andres Puerta was born on 1969, in Spain.
  When he was five year old, his family moved to
  the outskirts of Barcelona. Andréss parents were
  both nurses, so he often helped them in the
  kitchen. His mom, Marisa, made simple but tasty
  meals on a tight budget, and his dad, Mariano,
  made huge batches of paella on the weekends for
  friends and family.

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Kitchen Lesson

• Andrés has told the story many times about how he
  eagerly waited to help mix the paella, but was
  told to take care of the fire instead. When he
  lost it one day, his dad took him aside to teach
  him a lesson that would help him in the kitchen
  and elsewhere if you learn to control the fire,
  you can cook anything you want.
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Job Career

• At age 15, the aspiring chef went to Barcelonas
  Escola de Restauració I Hostalatge. Then, he
  joined the Spanish navy and saw the United States
  and the Caribbean for the first time. Andrés then
  went back to work in the kitchen of Ferran
  Adriàs famous El Bulli restaurant in Rosas,
  Spain. He worked there until a misunderstanding
  with his boss in late 1990 put him out of work.

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As a Cook Job

• With only 50 in his pocket, Andrés moved to New
  York City and got as a cook job at the Eldorado
  Petit in Manhattan.
• Andrés moved to Washington, D.C., in 1993, to run
  the kitchen at Jaleo, a new Spanish restaurant.
  He soon made the restaurant one of the best
  places to eat.

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Business

• As Andrés grew his business in the D.C. area, he
  had more success. In 1995, he took over the Nuevo
  Latino menu at Café Atlántico and then opened the
  Mediterranean restaurant Zaytinya and the Mexican
  restaurant Oyamel. At the same time, he opened
  the well-known tasting counter minibar by José
  Andrés, which went on to get two Michelin stars.

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Think Food Group

• In 2006, Andrés and his business partner Rob
  Wilder put all of their businesses under one
  umbrella called Think Food Group. By the end of
  2021, Think Food Group was in charge of 30 places
  around the world, such as é by José Andrés in Las
  Vegas and the Mercado Little Spain market in New
  York City.

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The World Kitchen

• Even though Andrés was already very busy with his
  many restaurants, he found a new way to help
  people after the terrible earthquake that hit
  Haiti in 2010. He then started World Central
  Kitchen, a charity that helps people get food
  after natural disasters and other emergencies.

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Getting Local Cooks and Volunteers

• It was clear how important World Central Kitchen
  was. Within a few days of the disaster, Andrés
  and his team got to the island and started
  getting local cooks and volunteers together. By
  November, WCK had made and sent out about 4
  million meals all over the country.

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Reason to Close his Business

• When the COVID-19 pandemic started closing
  businesses in 2020, WCK jumped into action. One
  thing they did was turn Mercado Little Spain and
  the Washington Nationals baseball stadium into
  community kitchens and food distribution centers.
  After Russia invaded Ukraine at the beginning of
  2022, World Central Kitchen set up a camp on the
  border with Poland to feed people who had to
  leave their homes.
• The nonprofit started its Climate Disaster Fund
  in 2021, with the goal of raising 1 billion over
  ten years to help fix problems caused by extreme
  weather.

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Books and TV shows

• After the success of his Spanish-language show
  Vamos a Cocinar and appearances on American
  shows like Iron Chef, Andrés got his own TV
  show Made in Spain in the U.S.  Made in Spain
  is a travel and cooking show where Andrés goes
  all over his home country, Spain, to find and eat
  the best foods from each area.

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Books

• Made in Spain came with a cookbook. This is the
  latest book by the author, who has also written
  Tapas A Sample of Spain in America (2005) and
  Vegetables Released (2019), as well as his diary
  We Took care of An Island The Genuine Story of
  Reconstructing Puerto Rico, Each Supper In turn
  (2018).

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Starting a Company

• In October 2021, the famous chef announced that
  he was starting a company called José Andrés
  Media. This company would be in charge of making
  properties for print media, TV, podcasts, and
  digital content.

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Prizes and Awards

• Andrés has won many awards. In 2011, the James
  Beard Foundation named him its top chef, and in
  2018, it named him its humanitarian of the year.
  In 2010, he was the first chef to get Spains
  Order of Arts and Letters medal. In 2016,
  President Barack Obama gave him the National
  Humanities Medal, and in 2019, he was nominated
  for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Wife and Kids

• Patricia Fernandez de la Cruz, who is married to
  Andrés, is also from Spain, but she and Andres
  met when they were both living in Washington,
  D.C. They got married in September 1995 and have
  three daughters Carlota, Ines, and Lucia.

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Undocumented Immigrants

• Andrés has written opinion pieces about ways for
  undocumented immigrants to become citizens
  because he has strong opinions about immigration.
  In 2013, both Andrés and Patricia became citizens
  of the United States.
• When Andrés isnt travelling the world, he lives
  in Bethesda, Maryland, with his family. Aside
  from food, he likes to go scuba diving and kite
  surfing.