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You may know Chef Jose Andres as a culinary celebrity.

The Michelin-starred chef's career began in his native Spain.

Now his restaurant group operates over 40 restaurants across the globe.

And some of you are familiar with those restaurants.

My wife and I had our first date at Haleo, which is Jose's restaurant, one of his

restaurants in D.C. And my wife said, it's customary to bring flowers, which I did. And I was

seated at the table. We had a reservation, and she proceeded

to be 40 minutes late. While I sat there holding the flowers, and everybody looked at me and said,

oh, you know, poor dope, he got stood up. She finally arrived. I presented the flowers, and we are now married.

Thanks for that message. But today, he might be just as well known for his humanitarian work.

His organization, World Central Kitchen, has fed millions during natural disasters in the U.S. and abroad,

as well as in Gaza and Ukraine.

In his new memoir, Change the Recipe,

because you can't build a better world without breaking some eggs,

he compiled lessons he's learned from his life as a chef and a humanitarian.

After the break, he joins us from NPR, New York,

to discuss his book and what the next chapter of his life may look like.

I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story.

We'll be back with Chef Andreas in just a moment. Stay with us.

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