Winner of seven awards, including the 2024-2025 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List.

The true story of José Andrés, an award-winning chef, food activist, and founder of World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that uses the power of food to nourish communities after catastrophe strikes.

When a terrible earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, chef José Andrés knew he needed to help. Within a few hours of the disaster, he had gathered friends, they flew to the island, and they began cooking rice and beans for the hungry locals. This trip changed the life of the successful chef and led him to found World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that has fed more than 200 million people affected by natural disasters, the COVID pandemic, and war.

This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a passionate chef who uses the power of food to nurture people in need, one plate at a time.

• 2024-2025 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List
• 2024 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Book Awards Silver Honor
• 2024 Skipping Stones Honor Awards Winner, Multicultural and International Category
• 2025-2026 Land of Enchantment Book Award nominee, Coyote list
• 2026 Towner Award Nominee
• 2025 Missouri Dogwood Recommended Reading List
• 2025-2026 Chickadee Award Nominee