“When we are trying to come up with new health laws, you bring doctors, you bring experts in medicine. In urban planning, you bring the best architects. How it is possible that when we are talking about the way we are going to feed America, no chef shows up in the room?”

Spanish and American chef, restaurateur, and humanitarian

José Ramón Andrés Puerta is a Spanish and American chef, restaurateur, and humanitarian. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States in the early 1990s and built a career that spans food, business, and public service. He has opened restaurants in several American cities and has received awards for both his cooking and his humanitarian work, including several James Beard Awards. He is also a professor and founded the Global Food Institute at George Washington University.