Chef José Andrés

Chef José Andrés

Before online reviews changed the game for the restaurant industry and before the MCI Center (now Capital One Arena) transformed D.C.’s Chinatown, José Andrés was a newly-arrived 23-year-old immigrant chef who few people had heard of. That changed in 1993, when Andrés helped open the Spanish tapas restaurant Jaleo on 7th Street Northwest. In doing so, he made a name for himself and planted a flag for tapas and small plates cuisine in nation’s capital. 25 years later, Andres continues to lead the restaurant industry in and outside the region. As part of a series of 20 interviews of influential Washingtonians, Kojo interviews Andrés on the past 25 years of food, philanthropy and politics — and what the next 25 may hold.

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  • José Andrés Chef; Owner, Think Food Group (Jaleo, Oyamel, Zaytinya, minibar); Founder, World Central Kitchen; Dean, Spanish Studies program of the International Culinary Center

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José Andrés' Tufts Commencement Speech

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