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How I Built This · June 19, 2023 · 55m
World Central Kitchen: José Andrés
José Andrés built a culinary empire, then pivoted to disaster relief. After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, he served 3.7 million meals while FEMA was still filing paperwork. World Central Kitchen now deploys to every major disaster globally.
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Andrés: 'A chef feeds people. That's it. When people are hungry after a disaster, a chef should be there.' He didn't plan World Central Kitchen — he responded to Puerto Rico because his skills were needed. The meaning came from the responsibility, not from a strategic plan.
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Andrés: WCK teams fly into active disaster zones — hurricanes, war zones, earthquakes — while everyone else is leaving. The courage isn't innate; it's built through repeated deployment. Each disaster makes the next one less terrifying.
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