{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fa-hungry-society.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F32296c0f-32296c0f","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 69: Jose Garces on Protecting Undocumented Restaurant Workers","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/fae5fb/fae5fb63-2446-401e-b2d4-b29c234e33b1/90c05d32-5ceb-465a-adeb-b2677ffb7295/1564689182artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/90c05d32-5ceb-465a-adeb-b2677ffb7295\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 69: Jose Garces on Protecting Undocumented Restaurant Workers\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Today’s guest is Jose Garces, Father, farmer, food and drink lover, restaurateur, James Beard Award winner, author and Iron Chef. A second-generation Latin American, Garces was born to Ecuadorian parents and raised in Chicago. His culinary passion was cultivated at a young age by his paternal grandmother,, who taught him the Latin way of cooking. After graduating from Kendall College’s School of Culinary Arts, Garces worked in top-rated professional kitchens fromSpain to New York City before moving to Philadelphia and opening his first restaurant in 2005. He has since emerged as one of the nation’s leading chefs; owning and operating over a dozen restaurants, a thriving event/catering division and non-profit organization as well as a 40-acre organic farm in Bucks County, PA. Chef Garces is also the author of two cookbooks, The Latin Road Home and Latin Evolution."}