Celebrity Chef José Andrés of Jaleo & Pepe Offers Lunch Lady A Job

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Celebrity Chef José Andrés of Jaleo & Pepe Offers Lunch Lady A Job

I did a brief (about a year) stint working in entertainment media, it was a natural progression considering the Disney overlap. However, I discovered that I really don't want to get to know the "famous" folks that I think I admire, because sometimes they suck. I would rather keep my illusions about famous folks, so I stay as far away from getting to know celebrities as I can these days.

But sometimes you hear about someone who seems to be a genuinely good person, and from my understanding Celebrity Chef Jose Andres of Jaleo & Pepe is one of those.

Last night on the ABC News I saw a story about a woman named Bonnie Kimball. Bonnie is a lunch lady at a New Hampshire high school and was fired from her job when she let one of the students take food for lunch without paying for it. Apparently, the parent company that she worked for said she committed "theft" and she was let go. She was fired because she didn't want to see a child go hungry.

When the news of this reached Chef Jose Andres, who is known for his humanitarian work in feeding furloughed federal workers and natural disaster survivors, he decided that he just might be in the position to do somethings about it. Chef Jose Andres made a tweet in hopes of contacting the woman to offer her a job.

That's good people.

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I read this earlier today. What a good guy

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That's fantastic! I read the original story and just shook my head. I believe I read yesterday that the school offered her her job back and she said no. Good for her. And super good for Chef Jose Andres!!

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JeffC wrote:
I read yesterday that the school offered her her job back and she said no. Good for her.

Right!? She said that they were just doing it to save face and she wanted no part of that. I love it.

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Every single thing I have seen about him is amazing and inspiring. I can only hope he is present in the restaurant when I finally make it down there. I would love to say hello and thank you for all he does!

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That is awesome of Jose! I can guarantee that the school probably wastes a lot of food at the end of the day anyway, which to me, I would rather the food be eaten then thrown away. It is just so sad. But good for her to stand up for what she believes in!