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Chef José Andrés Believes Food Can Change the World

Chef & humanitarian José Andrés explains how using food to empower people can help alleviate problems related to health, poverty and social mobility.
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"This is the big lesson I've learned: Make sure that you never use an excuse for why you are not achieving something. Remember that you find a way to learn and to improve who you are."

Spanish chef and humanitarian José Andrés started the World Central Kitchen, which "uses food to empower others." Andrés said he believes that transforming the foods people have access to will provide answers to problems that plague lower-class communities like obesity and even social mobility.

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