José Andrés failed cooking, English, and accounting in culinary school
José Andrés · Celebrity Chef: José Andrés · Nov 14, 2016 · at 3:25
Celebrity chef José Andrés reflects on his early struggles with traditional education before launching his culinary career in Spain.
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“I never graduated. They gave me the diploma last year, almost 30 years later, and I fell cooking, English, and accounting.”
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