Chef's Story
27 Chefs Talk About What Got Them into the Kitchen
Chapter One
José Andrés
The Spanish-born culinary innovator José Andrés has seven restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area. He has been praised by the New York Times as the "boy wonder of culinary Washington" and was named Chef of the Year by Bon Appétit. His talent was recognized early on in his career, when he was nominated for the James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year Award and won the Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. He started his career at El Bulli and continued his rise at Café Atlántico, Oyamel, Zaytinya, and Jaleo, eventually opening two other Jaleos. Most recently, Andrés opened Minibar, his innovative six-seat restaurant within a restaurant. He recently published his first cookbook, Tapas.
I grew up in a little town, a half hour from Barcelona. The population was about five hundred people and ninety percent of them were farmers. We had lots of fruits and vegetables, but we had amazing cherry trees. In May and June, when the trees were loaded with fr ... read full excerpt from Chef's Story, A ebook
