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Chef José Andrés On Building A Better World

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

José Andrés is a Michelin-starred chef and the owner of 40 restaurants across the globe. But the culinary star is just as well known for his humanitarian work.

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

Now, he's releasing a memoir about what it's like to not only feed people when they want it, but when they need it.

We talk to Andrés about his life, work, and his new book, "Change the Recipe."

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Listen now to the Sunday story on the Up First podcast from NPR.

0:31.1

You may know Chef Jose Andreas as a culinary celebrity.

0:35.1

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

0:38.4

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

0:42.3

And some of you are familiar with those restaurants.

0:44.8

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

0:51.7

restaurants in D.C.

0:53.7

And my wife said, it's customary to bring flowers, which I did.

1:00.0

And I was seated at the table, we had a reservation.

1:04.0

And she proceeded to be 40 minutes late.

1:06.0

While I sat there holding the flowers, and everybody looked at me and said, oh, you know, poor dope,

1:13.0

he got stood up.

1:14.6

She finally arrived.

1:16.3

I presented the flowers, and we are now married.

1:20.3

Thanks for that message.

1:21.7

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

1:25.3

His organization, World Central Kitchen, has fed millions

1:29.1

during natural disasters in the U.S. and abroad, as well as in Gaza and Ukraine. In his new memoir,

1:36.0

Change the Recipe, because you can't build a better world without breaking some eggs. He compiled

1:40.9

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

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