The Chef José Andrés Has a New Bone to Pick With the Trumps

The following article by Noah Weiland and Kim Severson was posted on the New York Times website January 28, 2018:

“I was told I was not on the list. I was told I was not welcome,” Mr. Andrés said. Credit Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — It had fitting features for a drama in the nation’s capital: a celebrity chef, an opulent restaurant in Georgetown, a social club’s after-party and the president’s daughter. And then, of course, rounds of veiled accusations, clashing accounts and shifting positions.

José Andrés, the outspoken, Spanish-born chef with a small empire of restaurants in the city, tweeted a photo of himself early Sunday morning standing outside Cafe Milano, a favorite restaurant of moneyed Washingtonians. He claimed he had been denied entry to an after-party for the annual Alfalfa Club dinner, a gathering of political types known for speeches with self-deprecating humor. Continue reading “The Chef José Andrés Has a New Bone to Pick With the Trumps”