Jose Andres Puerta
Jose Andres Puerta
José Ramón Andrés Puerta, known as José Andrés, is a Spanish American chef often credited for bringing the small plates dining concept to America. He owns restaurants in Washington DC, Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, South Beach, Dorado and Philadelphia. Andrés is chair of the advisory board for LA Kitchen, a social enterprise in Los Angeles, California that works to reduce food waste, provide job training, and increase access to nutritious food...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth13 July 1969
CountrySpain
Don't put too many chefs to work. Sometimes they get too involved in the ingredients and are of no help.
We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.
I work with companies like Audiostiles to put together mixes for my restaurants. I even created a soundtrack for my television show.
Who needs one more chef in one more building with four walls and a kitchen?
Like many parents after a long family holiday, I usually welcome the moment when my kids head back to school.
Listen to me: Leek is a vegetable. It can be the center of a dish.
My mother and I were born in Mieres, Asturias, the most beautiful region you'll ever see in Europe and the home of Cabrales, a great blue cheese made in the Asturian mountains. When I was young, we moved to Barcelona. Whenever my mother was homesick for Asturias, she'd eat a little piece of Cabrales to bring her closer to Mieres.
I was very impressed with the street food of Singapore. I was very impressed with the dishes that they did.
I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.
Without a doubt, one of my favorite American ingredients is blue crabs, a true delicacy! And a great value, I think.
Man, the flavor of a pineapple is 100 times more powerful than the flavor of meat.
Me, I'm an encyclopedia. I'm not a very smart guy, but I'm an encyclopedia. You can ask me about anything you want. Probably I have the book; probably I have a first edition.
For me, summer hasn't really started until tomatoes reappear in local farmers' markets.
For me, Romesco is one of the greatest sauces in the world.