Food as a weapon is something like every single democracy in the world cannot allow.

Jose Andres built a team of food first responders when he founded his nonprofit World Central

Kitchen, providing meals immediately following natural disasters.

Today he's on the ground in war zones.

Food as a tool of war and peace.

I'm Nailibutu.

From Axios, this is one big thing.

Jose Andres has become a recognized figure on the scene in the aftermath of global disasters.

The chef turned humanitarian traveled to Haiti more than a decade ago to cook food for

victims of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

Now his World Central Kitchen team is working in partnership with local restaurants and

non-profits to feed people after all kinds of crises, including those that are man-made.

Here's some of that by the numbers.

In 13 years, World Central Kitchen has served more than 300 million meals around the globe,

including more than 200 million to those affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the

first year of that war.

In the first two weeks of the Hamas Israel War this fall, 1.4 million meals and food

kits were distributed in Gaza and 200,000 meals in Israel.

So how does one man lead an emergency response organization when the emergencies keep coming

and keep shifting?

Jose Andres is a chef and founder of World Central Kitchen.

Jose, welcome to one big thing.

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