Given the uncounted thousands of people in war and disaster zones he had fed and comforted, calling Jose Andres a “celebrity chef” at this point is like calling Ronald Reagan a lifeguard. - ThreadSky

petersagal.bsky.social • 377 days ago

Given the uncounted thousands of people in war and disaster zones he had fed and comforted, calling Jose Andres a “celebrity chef” at this point is like calling Ronald Reagan a lifeguard.

Reposted from The Washington Post

A ship organized by a celebrity chef and bearing nearly 200 tons of food for Palestinians in Gaza was just off the enclave’s coast Friday, witnesses said.

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northutvaquera.bsky.social•377 days ago

the17thqueen.bsky.social•377 days ago

lol

timpanogosslim.bsky.social•377 days ago

Yep. Mathematicians tell me that he really was doing innovative work before his brain broke, he decided that technology is bad, and developed a theory of how he could change the course of history by, say, bombing a random computer repair business 2 states away.

bumbledan.bsky.social•377 days ago

And his logistics team/network is incredible. There aren't too many organizations that can move personnel and material that fast.

cyneheard.bsky.social•377 days ago

“The US military” is the only org that comes to mind to me.

denimclature.bsky.social•377 days ago

It's a whole organization! They've been doing this work for quite a while now. I found this bizarre and maddening.

pixicat.bsky.social•377 days ago

I call Chef Andres the guy who gets shit done.

someone-else.bsky.social•377 days ago

Watch people accuse him of genocide, somehow.

tgrunfit.bsky.social•377 days ago

“Chef and philanthropist” like it’s that easy

tgrunfit.bsky.social•377 days ago

Heck even, “world central kitchen boat”

leesarenae.bsky.social•377 days ago

I heard Jose Andres referred to as a celebrity chef the other night on the world service, and thought, huh strange, they must not know his work.

jasongooljar.org•377 days ago

More like humanitarian chef.

marag.bsky.social•377 days ago

"Celebrity chef"? What a weird way to spell "humanitarian hero" or "mensch of the highest order".

(I'm glad to donate to his organization *and* eat at his restaurants, both of which are great.)

heatherkennedy.bsky.social•377 days ago

More like “future Nobel Peace Prize winner”. Or just use his name. People in DC know who Jose Andres is.

kentropic.bsky.social•377 days ago

Agreed that Jose Andres & WCK are overdue Nobel winners. People all over the world know him, because he so often travels to hot spots - war zones, sites of natural disasters - to help organize local efforts and personally prepare & deliver hot meals to people in their hour of greatest need.

myariemer.bsky.social•377 days ago

I think this is at least partly the result of DC parochialism. "He was famous here when he was only (to our kniwledge) running wildly popular, high-end restaurants; but also, DC Central Kitchen was first!" Which is dumb!

kithrup.bsky.social•377 days ago

I know whose morals and ethics *I* would trust more.

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•377 days ago

The guy deserves a Nobel prize. He’s literally saving millions of people.

300ps.bsky.social•377 days ago

Lord of Logistics, rather

accountabilabuddy.bsky.social•377 days ago

I'm trying out "max-level human" for Andres to see if it sticks.

spanishspy.bsky.social•377 days ago

There are not many good capitalists but Jose Andres is undoubtedly one of them

he has done immense good for the world

kendrawrites.com•377 days ago

People contain multitudes

https://jacobin.com/2022/10/chef-jose-andres-restaurant-workers-wages/

coletassoft.bsky.social•377 days ago

And nobody is checking his stnace around october of last year.

spanishspy.bsky.social•377 days ago

frankly I'm not entirely surprised

luthierlady.bsky.social•377 days ago

I agree! It’s enormous what he’s done.

croyle.bsky.social•377 days ago

Yes, way to misplace the important and vast role of World Central Kitchen and instead drag a lurid "celeb" reference into the headline. 🙄

thulcandrian.bsky.social•377 days ago

this headline makes it sound like it’s a barge to flavor-town or some Gordon Ramsey bit.

Andres was DC famous for his restaurants (which I realize have expanded to Vegas, etc…) but he’s arguably most famous for WCK. Such a dumb headline.

benharris1.bsky.social•377 days ago

This WaPo framing makes it sound like an attention-seeking gimmick. He’s been nominated for a Nobel Prize for this work!

sanmarcos.bsky.social•377 days ago

I love Jose and the people working with WCK.

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