José Andrés & René Redzepi in Conversation
MAD7, Leadership, José Andrés & René Redzepi,
These days, José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, finds that his best work happens in the most impossible places. Unfamiliar kitchens where nothing works, where broken equipment forces the kind of creativity and collaboration that comfort never could.
His parents always cooked with a certain resourcefulness. His father made big paellas, always adding more rice for more guests. His mother turned kitchen scraps into croquetas—a generosity that has stayed with him through his humanitarian work.
"Life starts at the end of your comfort zone," he says. While he's still learning what that means, he knows one thing for certain: hugs beat selfies, every time.
