Meet José Andrés - My Favorite People

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Trevor sits down with famed chef and humanitarian José Andrés, who is also one of his favorite people, for a conversation that’s as human as it is hard-earned. Drawing on his experience leading rapid-response teams feeding thousands in disaster and war zones around the world, José shares how he approaches his work and his life with the precision of a field general and the heart of a chef. Along the way, the two explore the deeper meaning of food, not just as nourishment but as dignity, and why even in the darkest moments, it’s still important to slow down and savor life.

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0:45.6	You land in the wrong place, in a football field in Jamaica. Here are people coming to the helicopter.
0:51.1	You don't know their intentions. They don't know your intentions.
1:01.4	And you trust that you can get them to sort of join your mission, even in the few moments that you've been with them. Where did you learn that? And what do you think we should all be learning
1:06.7	about how to trust people that we don't even know? It was 20., and Haiti, and I'm cooking there in a couple of places, you know, hundreds
1:15.3	of thousands lost their homes.
1:17.1	The poor of the poor lost their homes.
1:19.0	And so was all these little villages that were being created, temporary housing.
1:25.1	This is after the earthquake.
1:26.2	After the earthquake.
1:27.2	And I was cooking. That day was the earthquake. After the earthquake. And I was cooking and I was, that day was beans.
1:30.8	A lot of beans.
1:31.6	They were in season.
1:32.4	I would buy every day.
1:34.5	This is the early days.
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