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
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.
The right use of food can end hunger.
Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.
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.
I am from Spain, but my family and I have made America our home. For the last 17 years, I have been cooking Spanish food in Washington, D.C.
One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.
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.
Everyone else in the world still thinks of American food as ketchup.
To me, what I'm interested in, in the end, is the meaning of food in our lives.
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.
Spain is a fascinating mix of people, languages, culture and food, but if there is one thing all Spaniards share, it's a love of food and drink.