The chef's portrait will be on display later this year.
Established in 1962, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is intended to display "poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the nation's story.
Yesterday, seven new inductees were announced including music legend Clive Davis, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman, presidential medical advisor Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and the legendary tennis players Serena and Venus Williams. But to the food world, José Andrés is the honoree with the most clout. The Smithsonian described him as an "internationally recognized humanitarian, culinary innovator,bestselling author, educator, and founder of World Central Kitchen." And if there was any doubt that Andrés deserved such an honor, he's certainly been working overtime over the course of the pandemic —