José Andrés responds to being fired by Trump
Celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés is closing his restaurant and speakeasy in River North, the latest in an onslaught of shutdowns to hit the downtown neighborhood.
Former President Joe Biden greeted President Donald Trump at the White House in advance of Monday’s inauguration with a conciliatory gesture, telling him and first lady Melania Trump: “Welcome home.” Trump ended his first day back in that home by posting a sneering message boasting of how his team was hunting down hundreds of Biden appointees to throw out of office.
Famous figures often hold brief terms on the PCSFN. During President Trump’s first term in office, he appointed volleyball player Misty May-Treanor, football player Herschel Walker, and baseball player Mariano Rivera as co-chairs for a two-year term.
Andrés was removed from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Milley will no longer serve on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
World Central Kitchen owner and chef José Andrés praised friends Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for showing up to help victims of the L.A. fires despite criticism in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Jan 21 said he plans to remove over 1,000 appointees from the administration of former president Joe Biden and that he had fired four individuals immediately, including celebrity chef Jose Andres and former top general Mark Milley.
It took José Andrés years to open a restaurant in Chicago, and now less than four years since Jaleo’s debut, the celebrity chef’s tapas restaurant is closing. The restaurant and its basement bar, Pigtail, will close on Saturday, January 25, according to a rep.
Proceeds benefited Chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen, which has been providing meals for those impacted by the wildfires.
José Andrés will be closing his one of his Chicago restaurants this weekend. According to Crain’s and Eater Chicago the restaurant Jaleo along with its speakeasy Pigtail, located
One of the first casualties as new president takes control at the White House, chef José Andrés hits back at Trump.
Trump said Tuesday his administration is in the process of “identifying and removing” more than 1,000 Biden appointees.