Food & Drinks
At His NY Restaurant, José Andrés Takes a Break From Feeding the World
The World Central Kitchen founder talks about the importance of restaurants.
A selection of mezze at Zaytinya in New York.
Source: Zaytinya
José Andrés has an almost supernatural ability to show up at disaster-stricken areas around the world. The founder of the nonprofit hunger organization World Central Kitchen materializes out of nowhere—as he did on Ukraine’s border, days after the Russian invasion—bringing with him gigantic pots of simmering stews and soups like a bearded, culinary Mary Poppins, and earning the Order of Merit from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
When he’s not on the front lines of a catastrophe, he’s running around his home country in the new Discovery+ series, José Andrés and Family in Spain.