José Ramón Andrés Puerta was born in Mieres, Asturias, Spain[5] on 13 July 1969.[6] Andrés family moved to Catalonia when he was 6.[7] He studied at a culinary school in Barcelona at the age of 15. When he needed to complete his Spanish military service at age 18, he was assigned to cook for an admiral.[8]
Andrés met Ferran Adrià in Barcelona, and he worked three years at El Bulli, from 1988 to 1990.[9] In December 1990, he was fired by Adrià and decided to move to the United States.[10]
Andrés is married to Patricia "Tichi" Fernández de la Cruz and has three daughters. They live in Bethesda, Maryland.[11][12][13] He met his wife while they were both living in Washington, D.C..[14] He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in December 2013.[15]
↑Ruhlman, Michael (Fall 2016). "José Andrés". Humanities. 37 (4). National Endowment for the Humanities.
↑"All about Chef José Andrés". explorelasvegas.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018. He started his culinary career when he interned at the world-famous El Bulli Restaurant in Catalonia, Spain with friend, mentor, and equally-famous Ferran Adrià. He worked in El Bulli for three years from 1988 to 1990.