Jose Andres and Alice Waters
Photo credit: Neshan H. Naltchayan
Language barriers didn’t play a part in the conversation between Chef Jose Andres and Alice Waters (founder of the Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe, the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food movement) at The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s recent unveiling of a photographic portrait of food pioneer Alice Waters.
Jose Andres
Last year, Andres was the first chef to earn the Spanish cultural...Read Full Story
Chef Jose Andre today joined the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves as "Culinary Ambassador." In this role, he will help to raise awareness of an issue that causes nearly two million deaths to women and children each year: toxic smoke from traditional cooking stoves.
Secretary Clinton, who launched the Alliance a year ago , met with Chef Andres to thank him for his commitment and discuss their mutual interest and determination to bring clean cooking solutions to the developing world...Read Full Story
Stairway to... Jose?
Jose Andres, a name not quite as well known outside of the US as Mario Batali or Thomas Keller, but within, he's been on the scene a long time, getting people to stop and look (and taste) avant garde Spanish. He's an elBulli alum (almost everyone doing avant garde is nowadays, no?) but that's about all I knew. When I told people I was going to Vegas, gourmet traveller kindly sent me a very detailed email of everywhere they went and heard about on a similar trip (SF...Read Full Story
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In Jose Andres’ hands, small plates get big treatment
Jaleo’s flavors are classic Spain. Its preparations? Not necessarily.
John Curtas
Wed, Mar 2, 2011 (5:49 p.m.)
Jose Andres’ lobster paella, made in a huge, shallow pan over a wood fire.
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Beverly Poppe
One need look no further than the crowds at Jaleo in the Cosmopolitan any night of the week to see that this casual, small-plates, share-and-share-alike restaurant has captured the zeitgeist of how...Read Full Story
Spanish Chef José Andrés recently won the coveted James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef Award, the highest honor a chef can achieve in America.
Chef José Andrés, owns several concept restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area, and also operates “The Bazaar” at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills and California and China Poblano in Las Vegas.
Since last fall, Andrés is also culinary physics professor at Harvard University with along with chef Ferran Adrià.
This year was awarded the coveted...Read Full Story
The Pink Tie Party will feature spring and cherry-inspired cuisine and cocktails from the chef hosts and more than 35 of metro-D.C.’s top and rising-star chefs. Participating restaurants include Ardeo+Bardeo, Art and Soul, Dino, Hudson Restaurant ...
DowntownDC Business Improvement District Honors Restaurant Partnership Supporting National Archives' "What's Cooking?" Exhibition
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Foundation for the National Archives and its partners at Chef Jose Andres' ThinkFoodGroup...
Just the names involved would make a foodie start to drool: José Andrés, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Alain Ducasse, Costas Spiliadis, Mary Sue Miliken, Susan Feniger, the Pellegrino family and Michael Mina. Tickets to Vegas Uncork’d 2012 went ...
• Eric Holder catching a Friday night screening of “Red Tails” — the new George Lucas movie about the Tuskegee Airmen — at the Uptown Theatre. • José Andrés distributing plates of Iberico ham to Ozomatli fans from the stage at their 930 Club show Saturday night. The Spanish chef is longtime pals with the Latin jam band, which often stops by his Oyamel when in town. Read full article >>
Foundation for the National Archives Elects Two to the Board of DirectorsSacramento BeeJose Andres is an internationally recognized culinary innovator, author, television personality, and chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup, with 13 restaurants across the country, including Jaleo, Zaytinya, Oyamel, and minibar by jose andres in Washington, ...and more »
Favorite restaurants exit, new spots emerge and food trucks rollLas Vegas Review-JournalNotable among them are Comme Ça, a casual French bistro from Los Angeles-based David Myers that happens to offer a great view of the Strip, and the lighthearted-but-very-serious-about-food Jaleo, from Spanish native and tapas pioneer José Andrés. An ...
Spanish biz fears subsidy cut: New culture czar signals change in policyChicago TribuneWhat they fear, however, is a total dismantlement of a system still vital to getting films made in Spain. "Before destroying the current model, you have to ensure the new one works," said Pedro Perez, prexy of Spain's producers org Fapae. ...and more »
This portal is all about Chef José Andrés. Termed the “boy wonder of culinary Washington” by the New York Times, José is an internationally recognized culinary innovator known for bringing both traditional and avant-garde Spanish fare to America. Often called the Spain’s unofficial ambassador to the United States, José influences the way...more
This portal is all about Chef José Andrés. Termed the “boy wonder of culinary Washington” by the New York Times, José is an internationally recognized culinary innovator known for bringing both traditional and avant-garde Spanish fare to America. Often called the Spain’s unofficial ambassador to the United States, José influences the way Americans eat today. In May 2007, he will be inducted into the Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in American, by the James Beard Foundation joining only 191 members for this prestigious recognition.