--- title: Chef José Andrés Nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize description: Chef José Andrés has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his disaster relief work with World Central Kitchen. canonical: https://time.com/5464678/jose-andres-2019-nobel-peace-prize/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-27T18:40:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:12.106Z og:title: Chef José Andrés Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize og:description: His World Central Kitchen has served meals to millions in need og:url: https://time.com/5464678/jose-andres-2019-nobel-peace-prize/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chef José Andrés Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize twitter:description: His World Central Kitchen has served meals to millions in need twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chef José Andrés Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize > Sponsored content. 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Andrés and World Central Kitchen were responsible for feeding more than a [reported 3 million Americans](http://time.com/5429657/jose-andres-time-wework/) in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria. World Central Kitchen has also helped feed those in need after natural disasters in Houston, Texas, the Carolinas, and most recently, California, where they’ve been feeding the victims of the deadly wildfires sweeping the state, including an epic Thanksgiving dinner, where [Andrés recruited local and celebrity chefs like Guy Fieri and Tyler Florence](https://abc7news.com/society/camp-fire-evacuees-celebrate-thanksgiving/4742210/) to feed 15,000 survivors of the California Camp Fire. Andrés was nominated by Representative John Delaney of Maryland; according to the [_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/), Delaney’s nomination included this glowing recommendation: “Because of Mr. Andrés’s work, millions of people have been fed. This is the most basic human need and Mr. Andrés has proven to be world-class in this essential humanitarian field. With an incredible spirit and an innovative mind, Mr. Andrés is solving one of the world’s ancient problems and supplying world leaders with a new road map to provide more effective disaster relief in the future.” This is far from the first time that Andrés is being formally recognized for his altruism; just this year, the [James Beard Foundation bestowed its Humanitarian of the Year award](https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/jose-andres-named-2018-humanitarian-of-the-year) on Andrés. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5464678/jose-andres-2019-nobel-peace-prize/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5464678/jose-andres-2019-nobel-peace-prize/"},"headline":"Chef José Andrés Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize","datePublished":"2018-11-27T18:40:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:12.106Z","description":"His World Central Kitchen has served meals to millions in need","url":"https://time.com/5464678/jose-andres-2019-nobel-peace-prize/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5464678/jose-andres-2019-nobel-peace-prize/","name":"Chef José Andrés Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize"}}]}] ```