A native of Spain, José Andrés is chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup, and with partner Rob Wilder, is the team responsible for Washington’s popular and award-winning dining concepts Jaleo, Zaytinya, Oyamel, America Eats Tavern and the critically-acclaimed minibar by josé andrés, as well as The Bazaar by José Andrés, part of the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, and Jaleo and China Poblano at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. ThinkFoodGroup oversees all of José’s creative endeavors such as cookbooks, television programming, concept consulting and project development. José was named Outstanding Chef of the Year at the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards.
Posted Dec 02, 2011
Did you know Oyster Ice Cream was Mark Twain’s favorite dish? Click here to learn more about this old American classic along with other creative dishes José Andrés has cooked up for his latest project, America Eats Tavern, a collaboration with the National Archives.
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Posted Dec 02, 2011
Watch as America´s favorite Spanish chef discusses the innovative uses of gelatin in modern cuisine to create dishes such as shark fin soup without the shark as part of a special segment on on JELLO on CSB News Sunday Morning. Click here to watch the video.
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Posted Oct 03, 2011
Following the success of 13 US based restaurants ranging from Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, Greek, and American concepts, Chef José Andrés has partnered with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C to open a restaurant at their ultra-luxury property, Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve set to open in December 2012. José Andrés and his ThinkFoodGroup are sure to make this restaurant an unforgettable destination. Read more about Dorado Beach at www.doradobeach.com.
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Posted Sep 23, 2011
As part of his new role as the culinary ambassador of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Chef José Andrés discusses “How clean cooking technologies can change the world” at the Social Good Summit in New York City on September 21, 2011 joining other renowned leaders, activists, and thinkers . Watch the informative discussion online. Following this exciting presentation, José takes the stage the following day at the closing ceremony of the Clinton Global Initiative to give the first year´s progress report of the Alliance. Watch his remarks to learn more about the exciting progress being made.
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Posted Sep 19, 2011
José Andrés was featured on the cover of the June issue of Wine Spectator. Check out the story to read about all things José including the latest on his restaurants, advocacy work, and new projects.
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Posted Sep 16, 2011
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, led by the United Nations Foundation and the US State Department names Chef José Andrés Culinary Ambassador of the campaign which aims to create awareness of toxic smoke emitted by traditional cookstoves used in developing countries. Read more about his meeting with Secretary Clinton as they discuss his new role as culinary ambassador.
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Posted Sep 16, 2011
Chef José Andrés welcomes longtime friend, mentor and culinary legend Ferran Adrià to Washington for an exclusive and intimate discussion at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium on September 29th. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. Click to read The Washington Post´s announcement of this rare and exciting event.
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Posted May 17, 2011
José Andrés returns to the Kojo Nnamdi Show tomorrow, Wednesday, May 18th, at noon. He’ll be talking about winning the James Beard for Outstanding Chef, updating listeners on World Central Kitchen and talking about his newest project America Eats Tavern. The Kojo Nnamdi Show airs in Washington metro area on WAMU 88.5 FM from 12-2 pm. You can also listen online at the www.thekojonnamdishow.org
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Posted May 10, 2011
José Andrés was named “Outstanding Chef” by the James Beard Foundation at their annual awards gala in New York on May 9th. Recently named “Hot Restaurateur” by Conde Nast Traveler, José served as one of the Chef Co-Chairs for the awards gala, considered the food world’s Oscars. This award is the culmination of a busy year for José during which he successfully opened three new restaurants at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, taught at Harvard as part of a course “Science and Cooking” and launched new nonprofit World Central Kitchen dedicated to fighting global hunger.
To read the coverage by The Washington Post, click here.
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Posted Apr 11, 2011
Conde Nast Traveler names José Andrés “Hot Restaurateur” in their May “Hot List” issue, the magazine’s annual guide to the best new hotels, spas and restaurants around the globe. China Poblano was named a Hot Table in the same issue.
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Posted Mar 22, 2011
José is once again up for the culinary world’s top prize! The chef has been nominated “Outstanding Chef” by the James Beard Foundation for his work at minibar by josé andrés. In addition, the “60 Minutes” segment on José has been nominated “Best Television Segment”. The JBF awards ceremony will be held May 9th at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC.
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Posted Apr 12, 2010
This week José Andrés is in Haiti with the Solar for Hope project, an initiative to bring solar kitchens to Haiti. José and his friends are currently traveling around Haiti showing people how to set up and use these solar kitchens. In a country that has been through a devastating earthquake and suffered severe deforestation, harnessing the power of sun for cooking is a simple way to help ensure that people have hot meals. If you’d like to help, you can make a donation at any of José’s ThinkFoodGroup restaurants. For more information please visit www.thesolarforhope.org
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Posted Mar 22, 2010
Jose Andres has once again been nominated Outstanding Chef by James Beard Foundation for his work at minibar by jose andres. The award ceremony takes place on May 3rd in New York. For more information, click here
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