--- title: Jose Andres talks about hurricane relief for time wework description: Jose Andres discussed what needs to happen next to end hunger throughout the world in a TIME 100 x WeWork Speaker series event. canonical: https://time.com/5429657/jose-andres-time-wework/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-23T18:51:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:02.098Z og:title: José Andrés Discusses Feeding People Displaced By Hurricanes og:description: "Everyone has to do more." og:url: https://time.com/5429657/jose-andres-time-wework/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd031f355f3d284df/69892e150a4a22bf729d275d/time-100-jose-andres1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: time-100-Jose-Andres og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: José Andrés Discusses Feeding People Displaced By Hurricanes twitter:description: "Everyone has to do more." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd031f355f3d284df/69892e150a4a22bf729d275d/time-100-jose-andres1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Everybody Has to Do More.' How Chef José Andrés Is Serving Millions of People Displaced By Hurricanes  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 23, 2018 6:51 PM UTC   by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Oct 23, 2018 6:51 PM UTC [José Andrés](http://time.com/5059040/california-wildfire-jose-andres/) refuses to turn his back on survivors of natural disasters. The Michelin-starred chef from Spain had opened critically acclaimed restaurants across North America, and helped to popularize “small plates” dining in the U.S. But since Andrés started mobilizing volunteers to feed people in the wake of disasters, he’s been celebrated for his humanitarian work as well as his tapas. On Oct. 19 Andrés flew into New York from the Florida panhandle, where he had been directing relief operations for six days to feed people displaced by Hurricane Michael. _TIME_ national correspondent Haley Sweetland Edwards interviewed Andrés, a two-time [TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217571/jose-andres/), for the latest in installment in the [TIME 100 X WeWork Speaker Series;](http://time.com/5300121/time-wework-partner-speaker-series/) the event took place at a WeWork location in Times Square, New York City. Edwards asked him what drove him to his relief work. “Many of us, we go and turn our backs and we leave,” Andrés said. “But we should not turn our backs on what we believe is the right thing to do.” Andrés has been traveling on the tail of crises since he landed in a devastated Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, built a massive operation to provide Haitians with food, and ended up establishing The NGO World Central Kitchen to continue the work. Now WCK puts boots on the ground around the world after events like floods, wildfires and hurricanes, and has served millions of meals to people in need. “‘We the People,’ I really don’t take that for granted. As an immigrant I received a lot. Every single immigrant in America wants to give back. I learned that sometimes you don’t have to have a passport to belong,” Andrés says. “You become American by the way you behave, by the way you treat others, by the way you show respect for others.” And it’s that drive to give back that leads him to places like Florida, [California](http://time.com/5059040/california-wildfire-jose-andres/) or [Puerto Rico](http://time.com/4981655/jose-andres-fema-trump-puerto-rico/) to make sure people do not go hungry. (Andrés recently released a book, _We Fed an Island,_ documenting his team’s efforts to serve 3.6 million meals in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.) “We believe we are not perfect, but we are trying to fight for a more perfect America,” he adds. “That’s what I believe in—a country where We the People, Republicans and Democrats—I do believe everybody has to do more.” For Andrés, that includes minimizing food waste, rising above political mudslinging, and being there when people are hungry. 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