He received the award for his work at the head of the NGO World Central Kitchen, which helps those affected by disasters.
The spanish cook Jose Andres, 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, said this Thursday that “it is okay to dream big”, but you have to “act small”, because the great speeches “will never end the Hunger in the world”.
“It is time to ask yourself if the recipes from the past they are still the right ones for the present and the future ”, he said in a meeting with Vocational Training students from the branches of Hostel and Tourism in the capital of the Principality of Asturias (north of Spain).
The meeting took place one day before collecting from the hands of the King of Spain the award for his work at the head of the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), which has assisted more than a dozen countries affected by disasters, delivered five million meals and brought together some 45,000 volunteers.
WCK, a growing NGO
José Andrés has appealed to the different governments so that no food Bank lacks the budget to carry out its activity and has stated that all people should have a “living” minimum wage to “end hunger in our own communities.”
The chef, settled in the United States for almost three decades, where he has built a gastronomic empire, has affirmed that the organization that leads “mission by mission, is learning and growing” to reach new places affected by humanitarian crises.
The Asturian chef has stressed that, “although he has a long way to go”, WCK “He begins to have a place” and it is a “reality with or without José Andres”, something that fills him “with pride”.
Recognition to Ferran Adriá
During his stay in Asturian lands, José Andrés has participated in other meetings, such as the one held on Wednesday, October 20 in the town of Mieres in front of more than 200 people, in which he acknowledged that “if someone planted the seed of generosity in me, it was Ferran Adrià”, The Catalan chef, who has fed“ the world in a better and more efficient way ”.
José Andrés, who before beginning his life in the United States worked in the disappeared The Bulli, assured that Adrià was the “lighthouse to follow“When he began his career in the kitchen and who gave him” shelter and family feeling. “
In your opinion, Adrià is the chef who has created the most dishes, although instead of “keeping everything to himself” he has had “the generosity to share it with others”.
The Catalan chef, who participated in the meeting online, highlighted José Andrés’s “superhuman effort“For having located” the Spain brand in the United States at an incredible level ”and said that what he has done with his NGO is“ priceless ”by having done aid missions to more than a dozen countries, distributed five million meals and gathered some 45,000 volunteers.
The president of the organization also spoke at the event Messengers of Peace, Father Ángel, to value the “solidarity”From the Asturian chef and to thank the donation that the Princess Prize will make to the Canary Island of La Palma, something that“ only the greats do ”.
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