Chef José Andrés named Sam Bakhshandehpour as global chief executive officer of the company, which includes nearly 40 restaurants.
More than 30 years after José Andrés moved to Washington to run the kitchen at Jaleo, where he helped introduce diners to Spanish tapas, the celebrity chef and humanitarian has stepped down as chief executive of the company that now oversees nearly 40 restaurants across the United States and other countries., Andrés said his eponymous company, formerly known as ThinkFoodGroup, has selected Sam Bakhshandehpour to serve as global chief executive.
The moves at José Andrés Group come as the company has received an influx of capital from RockCreek to assist with expansion. The announcement did not mention the size of RockCreek’s investment. EagleBank, the announcement noted, is also leading a debt refinancing for the company.“RockCreek is excited to partner with José, Sam, and the rest of the JAG team to support this next phase of the company’s growth,” Heyman said in the announcement.
But in recent years, Andrés has also been investing a lot of his time in World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian aid organization that came into its ownafter Hurricane Maria. The nonprofit has activated in countries across the globe after all kinds of disasters, whether natural or man-made. WCK is also active in two war zones, Ukraine and Gaza, though“What he wants to do is probably more World Central Kitchen.
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