Jose Andres

Chef Jose Andres, founder of the American NGO World Central Kitchen, speaks during the World Central Kitchen's memorial service at the National Cathedral, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Washington. The memorial service is honoring seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza this month. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chef José Andrés says aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the ‘best of humanity’

The founder of World Central Kitchen says the seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the “best of humanity.”
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FILE - A member of the World Central Kitchen prepares a pallet with the humanitarian aid for transport to the port of Larnaca from where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on March 13, 2024. World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an apparent Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

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In this image provided by Discovery, Diego Guerrero, from left, Carlos Sanchez, Mila, Ines Andres, Carlota Andres, Jose Andres and Pepa Muñoz enjoy a meal the chefs prepared at Muñoz's house in a scene from the Discovery + television series "Jose Andres and Family in Spain." (Xaume Olleros/Discovery via AP)

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FILE - Former President Bill Clinton smiles as he plays a recording of Aretha Franklin on his phone during the funeral service for Franklin at Greater Grace Temple, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Detroit. World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres, Jordan’s Queen Rania, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will help relaunch the Clinton Global Initiative in Sept. 2022, when the gathering of international dignitaries returns after six years. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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In this March 31, 2020 photo made available by World Central Kitchen, Chef Jose Andres, right, and Nate Mook discuss meal distribution to first responders in Washington, DC. Andres, whose 30-plus restaurants in the US include The Bazaar, Jaleo and the two Michelin-starred Somni, founded World Central Kitchen in 2010, serving over 15 million meals worldwide after hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Since the Coronavirus pandemic, his organization has served more than 750,000 meals. (Mike Jett/World Central Kitchen via AP)

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This Sept. 12, 2019 photo released by David Martensen shows chef Jose Andres plotting food delivery points on a map of the Bahamas in the World Central Kitchen headquarters kitchen on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Andres, who has two James Beard awards and nearly three dozen restaurants, founded the nonprofit World Central Kitchen in 2010 to respond quickly with food and water distribution after natural disasters and other emergencies around the globe. (David Martensen via AP)

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