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
America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium when I give a speech, which in America is rare for a chef.
American cooking is one of the unknown cuisines in America.
All my life, I've had restaurants that were affordable.
A cocktail can be made by the bartender. But the cocktail also can be made by the chef.
For food to be romantic, it should be light. Too many times people plan a romantic meal, and the food is too heavy.
Food is national security. Food is craft. Food is everything, when you think about it.
Food and the way we grow it and produce it are a major cause of environmental degradation.
It is time to embrace and celebrate ketchup, not be ashamed of it.
The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is as important as any other issue.
I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience.
A plancha is just a hot flat surface. So if you think about it, anything is a plancha, like a saute pan or a griddle. A la plancha is the perfect way to cook for a crowd.
As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.
As chefs, we cook to please people, to nourish people.
As a chef and father, it kills me that children are fed processed foods, fast food clones, foods loaded with preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup.