How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
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0:01 - 0:04All right, let's get ready
for the worst TED Talk ever. -
0:04 - 0:08(Laughter)
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0:08 - 0:10I mean it. We prepared 30 minutes ago.
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0:11 - 0:14I want to have it clear --
I love to be here with you all, -
0:14 - 0:17but I wanted to be here
not to tell my story -
0:17 - 0:22but to tell the story
of the amazing people of Puerto Rico -
0:22 - 0:25that came together
to feed the people of Puerto Rico. -
0:27 - 0:30My name is José Andrés,
and you know I love to feed the few, -
0:30 - 0:32but even more, I love to feed the many.
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0:33 - 0:35Here, right after the hurricane,
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0:35 - 0:40like we'd done many times before
after an earthquake in Haiti -
0:40 - 0:43or Sandy or others,
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0:43 - 0:46I had this sense of urgency to be there
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0:46 - 0:48and to try to feed one person,
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0:48 - 0:51and always, you have crazy friends
that want to join you -
0:51 - 0:53in those impossible endeavors.
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0:53 - 0:57I'm always surrounded by amazing friends
that only help me to be better. -
0:57 - 1:00Nate came next to me.
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1:00 - 1:02This was a Monday,
and this is what we found. -
1:03 - 1:06The destruction you saw on TV,
one more hurricane, -
1:07 - 1:09but this destruction was real.
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1:09 - 1:14More than 85 percent of the electricity
in the island was gone. -
1:14 - 1:17Every single electric post was gone.
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1:17 - 1:19All the cell towers were gone.
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1:19 - 1:22You couldn't communicate with anybody.
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1:22 - 1:25You couldn't find anybody the moment
you moved away from San Juan. -
1:25 - 1:29Even in San Juan, we had issues
trying to use our cell phones. -
1:31 - 1:35And what I found
was that the island was hungry, -
1:37 - 1:41and the people didn't have money,
because ATMs were not working, -
1:42 - 1:46or their cards, which are electronic,
for food stamps, -
1:46 - 1:48they couldn't use it
in their supermarkets, -
1:48 - 1:52or there was no food or gas
or clean water to cook. -
1:53 - 1:58The need and the urgency of now was real,
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1:58 - 2:03and I was just able
to get into a meeting at FEMA, -
2:03 - 2:08where many of the main
NGO partners were having a conversation -
2:08 - 2:12about how to feed the island
in the weeks to come, -
2:12 - 2:16but the urgency was right now,
in this minute, in this second, -
2:16 - 2:20and we almost had three million people
that needed to be fed. -
2:20 - 2:23So we began doing what we do best.
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2:23 - 2:25We went to see the sources of food,
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2:25 - 2:28and I was able to see that the private
industry actually was ready -
2:28 - 2:29and prepared and thriving,
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2:29 - 2:33but somebody at FEMA was not able
even to be aware of that. -
2:33 - 2:34And what we did was use fine kitchens.
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2:34 - 2:37José Enrique, one of my favorite
men in the whole world, -
2:37 - 2:39one of the great restaurants in San Juan,
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2:39 - 2:44where before landing, I began
calling all the chefs of Puerto Rico, -
2:44 - 2:49and everybody was like,
"Let's not plan, let's not meet, -
2:49 - 2:50let's start cooking."
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2:50 - 2:51(Laughter)
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2:51 - 2:53And that's what we did.
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2:53 - 2:57We began feeding the people
of Puerto Rico, on a Monday. -
2:57 - 3:01On a Monday, we did a thousand meals,
sancocho, an amazing stew -
3:01 - 3:03with corn and yucca and pork.
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3:03 - 3:07By Sunday, we were doing 25,000.
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3:07 - 3:09By Sunday, we already
didn't only use the restaurant, -
3:09 - 3:14but we rented the parking lot
right across. -
3:14 - 3:16We began bringing food trucks,
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3:16 - 3:19and a rice and chicken pie
operation, and refrigerators, -
3:19 - 3:21and volunteers began coming.
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3:21 - 3:24Why? Because everybody wants
to find a place to help, -
3:24 - 3:27a place to do something.
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3:27 - 3:30This is how we began our first delivery.
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3:30 - 3:34The hospitals -- nobody was feeding
the nurses and the doctors, -
3:34 - 3:37and we began feeding our first project,
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3:37 - 3:38Hospital Carolina.
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3:38 - 3:41All of a sudden, every single
hospital was calling us. -
3:41 - 3:47"We need food so we can feed
our 24/7 employees -
3:47 - 3:51taking care of the sick
and the elderly and the people in need." -
3:51 - 3:56And then the place was too small.
We were receiving orders. -
3:56 - 3:59Every time we got one guest, one customer,
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3:59 - 4:01we never stopped serving them,
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4:01 - 4:04because we wanted to make sure
that we were able to be stabilizing -
4:04 - 4:06any place we were joining,
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4:06 - 4:10any city, any hospital, any elderly home.
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4:10 - 4:14Every time we made contact with them,
we kept serving them food, day after day, -
4:14 - 4:16so we needed to grow.
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4:16 - 4:18We moved into the big coliseum.
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4:18 - 4:2125,000 meals became 50,000 meals,
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4:21 - 4:25became, all of a sudden,
the biggest restaurant in the world. -
4:25 - 4:30We were making close to 70,000 meals a day
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4:31 - 4:32from one location alone.
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4:32 - 4:37(Applause)
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4:37 - 4:41Volunteers began showing up
by the hundreds. -
4:41 - 4:44At one point, we got
more than 7,000 volunteers -
4:44 - 4:47that were at least one hour
or more with us, -
4:47 - 4:51at any given moment,
more than 700 people at once. -
4:51 - 4:53You saw that we began creating a movement,
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4:53 - 4:57a movement that had a very simple idea
everybody could rally behind: -
4:57 - 4:58let's feed the hungry.
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4:59 - 5:03And we began making food
that people could recognize, -
5:03 - 5:05not things that come from a faraway place
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5:05 - 5:10in plastic bags that you open
and you cannot even smell. -
5:10 - 5:11(Laughter)
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5:11 - 5:14We began making the foods
that people feel home. -
5:14 - 5:19People in these moments, they had
this urgency of feeling they are alive, -
5:19 - 5:20that somebody cares.
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5:20 - 5:22One meal at a time,
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5:22 - 5:26it didn't only become something
used to bring calories to their bodies, -
5:26 - 5:27calories that they needed,
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5:28 - 5:29but they needed something else.
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5:29 - 5:32They wanted to make sure
that you and you and you and you, -
5:32 - 5:33that you were caring,
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5:33 - 5:36that we were sending the message
that we are with you. -
5:36 - 5:39Give us time, we are trying to fix this.
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5:39 - 5:42That's what we found every time
we began joining the communities. -
5:42 - 5:44Fresh fruit began coming,
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5:44 - 5:46even when in FEMA, they were asking me,
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5:46 - 5:48"José, how are you able to get the food?"
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5:48 - 5:51Simple: by calling and paying and getting.
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5:51 - 5:53(Laughter)
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5:53 - 5:58(Applause)
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5:58 - 6:00We began feeding people in San Juan.
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6:00 - 6:06Before you knew, we were feeding the 78
municipalities all across the island. -
6:06 - 6:09We needed a plan. One kitchen alone
was not going to feed the island. -
6:09 - 6:15I went to FEMA. They kicked me out
with eight armored guards and AK-47s. -
6:15 - 6:18I told them, "I want 18 kitchens
around the island." -
6:18 - 6:23Guess what? Three days ago,
we reached our 18th kitchen -
6:23 - 6:24around Puerto Rico.
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6:24 - 6:28(Applause)
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6:28 - 6:30People began being fed.
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6:30 - 6:32Volunteers kept showing up.
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6:32 - 6:36We never had any system
to deliver the food, people would tell me. -
6:36 - 6:38Sure, we had the system.
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6:38 - 6:42The entire island of Puerto Rico
was the perfect delivery system. -
6:42 - 6:44Anybody with a truck wanted to help.
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6:44 - 6:48Anybody going from A to B
was for us the way to be bringing hope -
6:49 - 6:51and a plate and a whole meal to anybody.
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6:51 - 6:55We began finding amazing systems
to do these food trucks, -
6:55 - 6:5710 amazing food trucks.
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6:57 - 7:01We began learning not to use
the place that needed the food, -
7:01 - 7:02but the number,
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7:02 - 7:05the number of the apartment:
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7:05 - 7:09Lolo, a 92-year-old veteran
that was surrounded by water. -
7:09 - 7:12We began giving not only hope to people,
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7:12 - 7:14but knowing their names,
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7:14 - 7:17checking day after day,
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7:17 - 7:21making sure that those elderly people
will never, ever again feel alone -
7:21 - 7:22in a moment of disrepair.
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7:22 - 7:25And we began going to the deeper areas,
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7:25 - 7:29places that all of a sudden,
the bridges were broken, -
7:29 - 7:32but we had to go, because it was easy
to stay in San Juan. -
7:32 - 7:36We had to go to those places
that actually, they really needed us. -
7:36 - 7:38And we kept going,
and people kept waiting for us, -
7:38 - 7:41because they knew
that we will always show up, -
7:41 - 7:44because we will never leave them alone.
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7:44 - 7:49(Applause)
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7:49 - 7:52The food trucks became our angels,
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7:52 - 7:55and the food trucks kept sending hope,
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7:55 - 7:56but we saw we needed more:
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7:56 - 8:00Vieques and Culebra,
two islands far away from the island -- -
8:00 - 8:02somebody had to be feeding them.
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8:02 - 8:06We didn't only bring food and make
a hotel kitchen operation in Vieques -
8:06 - 8:08and bring daily food to Culebra.
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8:08 - 8:11We brought the first
water purification system -
8:11 - 8:12to the island of Vieques,
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8:12 - 8:15where we could be filtering
one gallon per minute. -
8:15 - 8:17All of a sudden, big problems
become very simple, -
8:17 - 8:19low-hanging fruit solutions,
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8:19 - 8:24only by doing, not planning
and meeting in a very big building. -
8:24 - 8:25(Laughter)
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8:25 - 8:27And then we found creative ways.
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8:27 - 8:30We needed helicopters. We asked. We got.
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8:30 - 8:32We needed planes. We asked,
we paid, and we got. -
8:32 - 8:37We kept sending food to those places
that really were in need. -
8:37 - 8:41And the simple ideas just become powerful.
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8:41 - 8:44Volunteers will go
to the edges of the island. -
8:44 - 8:46All of a sudden, it was a movement.
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8:47 - 8:48The teams of World Central Kitchen
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8:48 - 8:54will be received with prayers,
with songs, with claps, with hearts, -
8:54 - 8:55with smiles.
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8:55 - 8:58We were able to connect
in so many corners. -
8:59 - 9:03When I tell you that even
the National Guard began calling us -
9:03 - 9:06because our national poor guy's guards,
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9:06 - 9:09big heroes in a moment of chaos,
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9:09 - 9:14they couldn't get a simple
humble plate of hot food. -
9:15 - 9:16And partnerships show up.
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9:16 - 9:18Mercy Corps,
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9:18 - 9:21HSI from Homeland Security,
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9:21 - 9:24partnerships that they
didn't happen calling the top. -
9:24 - 9:27They happened in the hotel room,
in the middle of the street, -
9:27 - 9:29in the middle of the mountains.
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9:29 - 9:32We saw that by working together,
we can even reach more people. -
9:33 - 9:36Partnerships that happen by logic,
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9:37 - 9:41and the urgency of now
is put to the service of the people. -
9:41 - 9:45When we have emergency
relief organizations, -
9:45 - 9:49we cannot be planning about
how to give aid a month from now. -
9:49 - 9:51We have to be ready to start giving help
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9:51 - 9:54the second after something happens.
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9:56 - 9:58And children were fed,
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9:58 - 10:01and all of a sudden, the island,
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10:01 - 10:06while still in a very special moment
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10:06 - 10:09where everything is fragile,
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10:09 - 10:11we saw that an NGO like ours --
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10:11 - 10:14we didn't want to break
the private sector -- -
10:14 - 10:18that already, small restaurants
were being opened, -
10:18 - 10:21that somehow, normalcy,
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10:21 - 10:25whatever normalcy means
today in Puerto Rico, was happening. -
10:25 - 10:27We began trying to be sending the message:
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10:27 - 10:29we need to start moving
away from the places -
10:29 - 10:31that are already stabilized
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10:31 - 10:34and keep concentrating in the areas
that really need help. -
10:35 - 10:40(Video): People of Puerto Rico,
two million meals! -
10:42 - 10:44José Andrés OK,
let me translate this to you. -
10:44 - 10:47(Laughter)
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10:48 - 10:52Almost 28 days later,
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10:52 - 10:54more than 10 food trucks,
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10:54 - 10:56more than 7,000 volunteers,
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10:56 - 10:5818 kitchens ...
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10:59 - 11:03we served more than two million meals.
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11:03 - 11:10(Applause)
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11:13 - 11:14(Applause ends)
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11:14 - 11:17And you guys coming here to TED,
you should be proud, -
11:17 - 11:21because we know many of you,
you are part of the change. -
11:21 - 11:26But the change is only going to happen
if after we leave this amazing conference, -
11:26 - 11:29we put the amazing ideas
and inspiration that we get, -
11:29 - 11:32and we believe that nothing is impossible,
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11:32 - 11:36and we put our know-how
to the service of those in need. -
11:36 - 11:40I arrived to an island
trying to feed a few people, -
11:40 - 11:42and I saw a big problem,
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11:42 - 11:47and all of a sudden, the people
of Puerto Rico saw the same problem as me, -
11:47 - 11:50and only we did one thing:
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11:50 - 11:51we began cooking.
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11:51 - 11:54And so the people of Puerto Rico
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11:54 - 11:58and the chefs of Puerto Rico,
in a moment of disrepair, -
11:58 - 11:59began bringing hope,
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12:00 - 12:02not by meeting,
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12:02 - 12:04not by planning,
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12:04 - 12:07but with only one simple idea:
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12:07 - 12:10let's start cooking
and let's start feeding -
12:10 - 12:12the people of Puerto Rico.
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12:12 - 12:13Thank you.
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12:13 - 12:15(Applause)
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12:15 - 12:17Dave Troy: Go back out.
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12:17 - 12:18(Laughter)
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12:18 - 12:19DT: The public loves you.
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12:19 - 12:26(Applause)
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12:26 - 12:27Nate Mook: A couple of quick questions,
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12:28 - 12:30because I think some folks
would be interested to hear. -
12:30 - 12:34So as you said, you came the first time,
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12:34 - 12:36got on the ground,
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12:36 - 12:38went to the government command center,
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12:38 - 12:40started to have some meetings with people,
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12:40 - 12:43and they weren't very receptive.
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12:44 - 12:47José Andrés: This is great.
This is how good my talk was. -
12:47 - 12:48(Laughter)
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12:48 - 12:51It's the first talk with a follow-up
in the history of TED. -
12:51 - 12:53I feel so good.
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12:53 - 12:54(Laughter)
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12:54 - 12:57NM: So tell us why,
what were some of the challenges, -
12:57 - 13:01and then when you noticed,
they started coming to you to ask you. -
13:01 - 13:05JA: We cannot be asking everything
from Red Cross or Salvation Army. -
13:05 - 13:09But the idea is, I donated before
to those organizations, -
13:09 - 13:11and they are the big organizations,
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13:11 - 13:15and maybe the problem is
that we're expecting too much from them. -
13:15 - 13:19It's not like they didn't do
what they were supposed to do. -
13:19 - 13:23It's that the perception
is that that's what they do. -
13:24 - 13:29But all of a sudden, you cannot get into
a moment like this and wash your hands, -
13:29 - 13:32and you say somebody else
is going to be picking it up. -
13:34 - 13:38We had a simple problem
that had a very simple solution. -
13:38 - 13:41This was not a faraway country
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13:41 - 13:43or the Green Zone in Baghdad.
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13:43 - 13:45This was American soil,
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13:45 - 13:48a beautiful place called Puerto Rico,
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13:48 - 13:53with hundreds, thousands of restaurants
and people willing to help, -
13:53 - 13:55but all of a sudden, we had people hungry,
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13:55 - 14:00and we didn't have a plan
how to feed them in the short term. -
14:00 - 14:05So yes, FEMA, to a degree, was thinking
about how to feed the people. -
14:06 - 14:08Red Cross didn't have the right answers,
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14:08 - 14:13because Southern Baptist Church,
the biggest food organization in America, -
14:13 - 14:17my heroes, they were never
called to Puerto Rico. -
14:17 - 14:21When you see the Red Cross delivering
food in America after a hurricane, -
14:21 - 14:23it's Southern Baptist Church doing it.
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14:24 - 14:26We didn't have that in Puerto Rico.
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14:26 - 14:31Salvation Army came and asked me
for 420 meals on a Wednesday rainy night -
14:31 - 14:33for a local elderly shop.
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14:33 - 14:36I love to help the Salvation Army,
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14:36 - 14:41but in my world, they are the ones
who are supposed to be helping us -
14:41 - 14:43to answer those calls of help.
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14:44 - 14:48Thursday morning
is when I wake up super worried -
14:48 - 14:51that actually we didn't have
the plan to feed the island. -
14:51 - 14:55And some people will say
maybe you are making the problem -
14:55 - 14:57bigger than it was.
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14:57 - 15:00Well, we had hundreds and hundreds
and hundreds and hundreds of organizations -
15:00 - 15:04knocking on our door,
asking for a tray of food, -
15:04 - 15:07so if that's not proof
that the need was real ... -
15:07 - 15:11We cannot be feeding people
in America anymore with MREs -
15:11 - 15:14or something like you open and, you know,
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15:14 - 15:18I was giving to this little cat
a little bit of those same foods -- -
15:18 - 15:19(Laughter)
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15:19 - 15:22and then I gave them
the chicken and rice we made, -
15:22 - 15:24and they went for the chicken and rice.
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15:24 - 15:26(Laughter)
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15:26 - 15:28(Applause)
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15:28 - 15:29They don't even eat that themselves.
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15:29 - 15:34We can feed humanity
for a day or two or five, -
15:34 - 15:39but those MREs cost, like, 12, 14, 15,
20 dollars to the American taxpayer. -
15:39 - 15:41It's OK for certain moments,
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15:41 - 15:42during battle,
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15:42 - 15:46but not to be feeding Americans
for weeks and weeks and weeks, -
15:46 - 15:51when actually, you can be hiring
the local private business community -
15:52 - 15:55to do the same job better,
creating local jobs, -
15:55 - 15:58helping the local economy to come back,
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15:58 - 16:01and in the process making sure
that everything was going to go back -
16:01 - 16:04as normal as quick as possible.
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16:04 - 16:05That's where we began cooking.
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16:05 - 16:07You were there with me,
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16:07 - 16:12and that's why we spent every single
dollar we had in our credit cards. -
16:12 - 16:15If AmEx is listening to this, please,
a discount would be appreciated. -
16:15 - 16:18(Laughter)
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16:18 - 16:19Or Visa.
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16:19 - 16:23NM: So what's the situation now?
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16:23 - 16:25You know, it's been a month.
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16:25 - 16:27You said there's been
some improvements in San Juan -
16:27 - 16:29and focus on the areas outside,
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16:29 - 16:33but obviously there are still
major challenges, and what's next? -
16:33 - 16:38JA: There are. So what's next
is we slowly began going down -
16:38 - 16:40after, more or less, FEMA let us know
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16:40 - 16:43that they thought they had
everything under control -
16:43 - 16:46and we were no longer needed,
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16:46 - 16:49but you only believe everything so much.
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16:50 - 16:54We moved from the big place you saw,
60,000 meals a day, -
16:54 - 16:58to another one, as big,
but more strategically located, -
16:58 - 17:00also cheaper,
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17:00 - 17:03where we are going to be making
20-25,000 meals a day, -
17:03 - 17:06and then we are leaving
four, five, six kitchens -
17:06 - 17:08strategically located around the island,
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17:08 - 17:12very high up in the mountains,
in the poor areas. -
17:12 - 17:14We got a lot of data.
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17:14 - 17:17We know who is using SNAPs,
who is using food stamps, -
17:17 - 17:19the cards.
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17:19 - 17:23We know who has them
and we know who is using them. -
17:23 - 17:26So in the parts of the island
where nobody is using them, -
17:26 - 17:30those are the parts of the island where
we are going to be focusing our efforts. -
17:30 - 17:33So it's amazing how sometimes
simple data can give you a clue -
17:33 - 17:36of who are the people in need.
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17:36 - 17:39So we went to a town called Morovis.
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17:39 - 17:40Beautiful.
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17:40 - 17:43The best chicken restaurant
in the history of mankind. -
17:43 - 17:45You should all travel to Morovis.
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17:45 - 17:46DT: Sounds good.
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17:46 - 17:49JA: So I saw the chicken.
We were bringing sandwiches. -
17:49 - 17:52I stopped. I was with
these Homeland Security officers. -
17:52 - 17:53We ate the chicken.
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17:53 - 17:57I left to drop these sandwiches
in this other place called San Lorenzo. -
17:57 - 18:00San Lorenzo was critical,
because the bridge was broken, -
18:00 - 18:02and so it was an island inside the island,
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18:02 - 18:04a little community surrounded by water.
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18:04 - 18:07Everybody told us,
"It's a disaster down there." -
18:08 - 18:09We dropped the sandwiches.
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18:09 - 18:11I went back to Morovis, and I thought,
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18:11 - 18:14you know, if it's a disaster,
sandwiches is not enough. -
18:14 - 18:15I brought 120 chickens,
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18:15 - 18:18with yucca and with rice,
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18:18 - 18:21and we went back to that broken bridge,
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18:21 - 18:23we crossed the river,
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18:23 - 18:25water up to everywhere.
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18:25 - 18:29We arrived with the 120 chickens,
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18:29 - 18:30we dropped the food,
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18:30 - 18:33and the community
were very thankful, but they told us, -
18:33 - 18:35"We're OK, we don't need more food.
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18:35 - 18:38We have gas, we have money,
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18:38 - 18:40we have good food and our water is clean.
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18:40 - 18:44Take care of the other communities
around us that are in more need." -
18:44 - 18:47You see, communication is key.
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18:47 - 18:51In these scenarios, we can be
relying on fake news -
18:51 - 18:55or we can be having the real information
that we can make smart decisions -
18:55 - 18:58to really take care of the true issues.
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18:58 - 18:59That's what we are doing.
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18:59 - 19:04(Applause)
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19:04 - 19:07NM: It was an amazing operation,
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19:08 - 19:11and to witness it firsthand
and to play a small role -- -
19:11 - 19:12JA: You made it happen.
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19:12 - 19:16NM: At its peak, I think
you were up to about 150,000 meals -
19:16 - 19:18per day, across the island,
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19:18 - 19:20which is pretty incredible.
-
19:20 - 19:24And I think, at the same time,
really sort of setting a model -
19:24 - 19:26for how this can be done,
hopefully, moving forward. -
19:27 - 19:29I mean, I think that's one
of the big learnings out of this -- -
19:29 - 19:33DT: This is possible.
You know, people can replicate this. -
19:33 - 19:35JA: But I'm going to stop coming
to watch TED Talks, -
19:35 - 19:38because you've got ideas
that anything can happen. -
19:38 - 19:40(Laughter)
-
19:40 - 19:43And then my wife told me,
-
19:43 - 19:46"Man, you told me you were going
to cook a thousand meals a day. -
19:46 - 19:47I cannot leave you alone for a day.
-
19:48 - 19:50(Laughter)
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19:50 - 19:53But I hope that World Central Kitchen --
-
19:53 - 19:56you know, one thing we did I didn't say:
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19:56 - 19:58I picked up the phone
and I began calling people, -
19:58 - 20:02people that I thought had expertise
that could help us. -
20:02 - 20:06So I picked up the phone and I called
a company called Bon Appétit, Fedele. -
20:06 - 20:08Bon Appétit's one of
the big catering companies. -
20:08 - 20:11They do food for Google and for arenas.
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20:12 - 20:13They're out of California.
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20:13 - 20:15They belong to a bigger group
called Compass. -
20:15 - 20:18And I told them, "You know what?
-
20:18 - 20:22I need cooks, and I need cooks
that can do volume -
20:22 - 20:25and that can do good, quality volume."
-
20:25 - 20:28In less than 24 hours,
I began getting people and chefs. -
20:28 - 20:32At one point, we got 16 of the best chefs
that America can offer. -
20:32 - 20:36You see, America
is an amazing heart country -
20:36 - 20:38that always is sending their best.
-
20:38 - 20:40What we've been learning over the years
-
20:40 - 20:44is that those chefs of America
are going to be playing a role -
20:44 - 20:48in how we are going to be feeding America
and maybe other parts of the world -
20:48 - 20:49in times of need.
-
20:50 - 20:51What we need to start
-
20:51 - 20:54is bringing the right expertise
where the expertise is needed. -
20:54 - 20:57Sometimes I have a feeling,
like with FEMA, -
20:57 - 21:01we are bringing the wrong expertise
in the areas that it's not even needed. -
21:01 - 21:04The people of FEMA are great people.
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21:04 - 21:05The men and women are smart,
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21:05 - 21:07they are prepared,
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21:07 - 21:12but they live under this amazing hierarchy
pyramidal organizational chart -
21:12 - 21:15that everybody falls
out of their own weight. -
21:15 - 21:17We need to be empowering
people to be successful. -
21:17 - 21:20What we did was
a flatter organizational chart -
21:20 - 21:23where everybody was owning the situation
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21:23 - 21:27and we all made quick decisions
to solve the problems on the spot. -
21:27 - 21:29(Applause)
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21:29 - 21:30DT: Absolutely.
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21:30 - 21:31(Applause)
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21:31 - 21:33Another round of applause for José Andrés.
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21:33 - 21:40(Applause) (Cheering)
- Title:
- How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
- Speaker:
- José Andrés
- Description:
-
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, chef José Andrés traveled to the devastated island with a simple idea: to feed the hungry. Millions of meals served later, Andrés shares the remarkable story of creating the world's biggest restaurant -- and the awesome power of letting people in need know that somebody cares about them.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 21:53
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Please note the following typos in the English transcription. Could you please amend?
Thanks!
1:09 'More than 85 percent...' >> He says 95%
3:15 'rice and chicken pie operation' >> 'rice and chicken PAELLA operation'
5:20 'One meal at a time,' >> 'One meal at THE time,'
8:48 'with songs, with claps, with hearts,' >> 'with songs, with claps, with HUGS,'