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READING 4 C1-C2 ADVANCED Culinary omnipreneur 0/2
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READING 4 C1-C2 ADVANCED Culinary omnipreneur
Culinary omnipreneur
I was holed up in my room in a nearly empty hotel in Haiti, waiting for the hurricane said to be headed our way. It was a bad time even for that earthquake-afflicted country: cholera had broken out and was expected to spread.
Suddenly I heard a familiar laugh, headed down to the bar and found José Andrés holding court with journalists on behalf of a solar-powered cookstove that cheaply boils water for people with little or no access to fuel. Encountering José in a crumbling hotel in Haiti was entirely to be expected.
The man is capable of anything. After leaving Haiti, José, would not doubt be lecturing at Harvard´s Science and Cooking course. Or working with the National Archives as a member of its board. Or raising money for D.C Central Kitchen and its job training for the homeless.
Last November World Central Kitchen was feeding those affected by destructive and deadly Camp Fire. The group had been on the ground since two days after the fire started, feeding evacuees and first responders. They also prepared their biggest undertaking yet: preparing and serving thousands of meals to celebrate Thanksgiving Together at Chico State University, alongside the Town of Paradise and Sierra Nevada Brewery: “We don´t feed people- we feed souls. We the people together as one” he said.
That this gift of Spain to the U.S. is best known as a great chef with a portfolio of outstanding restaurants in Washington, Los Angeles and Las Vegas is almost beside the point. He´s bigger and more important than that. No one kitchen-or 10- can contain him. He is advocate, promoter, entrepreneur, philanthropist, artist. Keep up with him at your peril.