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
To me, what I'm interested in, in the end, is the meaning of food in our lives.
A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it.
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.
As legal residents, immigrants would contribute more in taxes, spend more at our businesses, start companies of their own and create more jobs. Immigration is not a problem for us to solve but an opportunity for America to seize.
The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition tomorrow.
Your parents would not be happy if you came home and said you wanted to grow up to be a chef or a rock star.
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.
As a chef and as a father, I am very upset by what's on the menu at most schools: chicken nuggets and tater tots and ketchup and pizza.