José Andrés sends cooks into disaster zones. He has led a backlash over Gaza against Netanyahu that no protest or politician could have matched, says María Ramírez of elDiario.es
José Andrés carrying a box of food from World Central Kitchen to help survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas in 2019.José Andrés carrying a box of food from World Central Kitchen to help survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas in 2019.osé Andrés is perhaps the most influential Spaniard in the world right now.
For a start he is an engaging storyteller. I met him years ago when he was giving a talk to a small group of fellows at Harvard, where he also taught a masterclass about science and cooking and it was mesmerising to listen to him share his experiences of growing up in Asturias, then working as a cook for the navy on a transatlantic ship, before building a gastronomic empire in the US and launching WCK to feed people in disaster zones.
Andrés is also skilled networker. Over the decades he has lived in the US , he has become a friend to the rich and powerful. He owns several award-winning restaurants serving Spanish, Mexican and Chinese cuisine in Washington DC, where Barack Obama would take his wife Michelle for a date, and a food market in New York called Little Spain. He often cooks with The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert, and has produced several television shows.
Joe Biden, who describes Andrés as a “friend” called him immediately after the attack, threatened to review US support unless Netanyahu tookMore than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed since October. More than 200 humanitarian workers have been killed, most of them Palestinians.
To suggest that a Spanish chef could change the course of history may sound implausible. But whatever you think of Andrés, he has managed to move the dial with the White House where diplomacy seems to have failed. In ways we rarely see, he has shown the reach of soft power.
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