Chef and Owner of ThinkFoodGroup - Founder of World Central Kitchen
Twice named to Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list and recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, José Andrés is an internationally-recognized culinary innovator, New York Times best-selling author, educator, humanitarian, and chef and owner of ThinkFoodGroup, a collective of nearly thirty restaurants throughout the country and beyond. In 2010, Andrés founded World Central Kitchen, a global non-profit specializing in delivering food relief in the wake of natural and humanitarian disasters.