Celebrity chef Jos Andrs is cooking 10,000 meals a day in Puerto Rico

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Celebrity chef José Andrés is cooking 10,000 meals a day in Puerto Rico
Zelda Caldwell | Sep 27, 2017
Prmomtional Photo by Blair Getz Mezibov via joseandres.com


Celebrity chef and restaurant owner José Andrés is on the ground in Puerto Rico, working to gather volunteers and supplies to help those who have been affected by Hurricane Maria.

Since he arrived in Puerto Rico, Andrés has been using the Twitter hashtag #ChefsforPuertoRico to organize the relief effort, which he says will soon serve the needy 10,000 meals a day. In addition to lending his high-profile name to the effort, along with his artistry in the kitchen, he has personally orchestrated the complicated operation.

The Spanish-American chef, known for introducing America to tapas, has used social media for more than just amassing retweets. He’s used Twitter as a tool to help those who need help, fast. Since he arrived on the island he’s tweeted to find a volunteer to deliver bread, to let Puerto Ricans know where to go for free sancocho (a Puerto Rican beef stew), and to help find a lost 86-year-old man, among other urgent needs.

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The disaster in Puerto Rico is only the latest instance in which Andres has organized efforts to bring food to communities in need. The Eater reports that Andres founded the non-profit World Central Kitchen in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti, and has provided assistance in Nicaragua, Zambia, and recently in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.

World Central Kitchen is soliciting donations on its website for its relief effort. Hurricane Maria has wiped out 80 percent of Puerto Rico’s agriculture, leaving people in need of food, water and shelter.

[Happyhippychick]

1. This is the same chef that told trump to f*ck off

Jose andres was supposed to be the head chef at trumps hotel that he built in dc a few years ago. When trump started campaigning about the border wall, andres bounced

I love the guy.

[BigmanPigman]

2. He is a cool guy. Tony Bourdain is an old pal and has had

him on his various shows a lot. He sued 45 last winter so I already liked him, even before helping out in Puerto Rico. He was pissed off at the Donald for calling Mexicans names during the campaign.

[Goonch]

3. Jos Andrs

[mountain grammy]

4. Every tidbit of good news is welcome

I only wish I was young and strong enough to physically do something. Give, people! Do what you can. Americans are dying.

[Lucinda]

5. KNR Thank you!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Wow. Even with industrial kitchens available,

that's a LOT of meals.

I do volunteer work helping to feed the homeless, and I've gotten good at cooking for 100 to 150, so I know how much work is involved.
I can just about picture the organization needed for so many meals.


And I'm hardly a gourmet chef.

[niyad]

7. thank you, chef!!

[eissa]

8. Eating at one of his restaurants is on my bucket list

Have loved him since his appearances on Bourdain's shows and Top Chef. Loved him even more when he told the orange turd to fuck off.