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Conceived by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and established in 1986 through the support of General Foods, the prize is envisioned and promoted as the Nobel or the highest honors in the field of food and agriculture. [4] [5] It is now administered by the World Food Prize Foundation with support from numerous sponsors.
José Ramón Andrés Puerta was born in Mieres, Asturias, Spain, [5] on 13 July 1969. [6] Andrés' family moved to Catalonia when he was 6. [7] He enrolled in culinary school in Barcelona at the age of 15, and when he needed to complete his Spanish military service at age 18, he was assigned to cook for an admiral. [8]
In 1986, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug created The World Food Prize in an effort to. AP, The World Food Prize FoundationFrom left: Robert T. Fraley and Mary-Dell Chilton of the ...
World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that provides food relief.It was founded in 2010 by Spanish American chef and restaurateur José Andrés following the earthquake in Haiti, [1] [2] and has subsequently responded to Hurricane Harvey, the 2018 lower Puna eruption, 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, the ongoing Gaza humanitarian crisis, and the 2025 Los ...
The Nobel Committee cited the organization for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe.
WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its "efforts for combating hunger", its "contribution to creating peace in conflicted-affected areas", and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict.
As of October 2023, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 111 individuals and 27 organizations; 19 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than for any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations ...
The first woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize was Bertha von Suttner in 1905. Of the 111 individual Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, 19 have been women. [6] The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the most Nobel Peace Prizes, having been awarded the Prize three times for its humanitarian work. [6]