Chef Jose Andres Slams 'Divisive' Trump Over FIFA Peace Prize Award: 'Betrays The Beautiful Game' [View all]

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Source: MEDIAite

Dec 6th, 2025, 1:26 pm


World Central Kitchen founder Chef José Andrés expressed his dismay that the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) chose to honor President Donald Trump with a fabricated “peace prize.” FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Trump with the “inaugural 2025 FIFA Peace Prize” in Washington, D.C. on Friday before the FIFA draw of teams for the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

WCK is a non-profit organization that provides hot meals to displaced people in crisis zones around the world. While serving Palestinians in 2024, WCK workers were caught up in Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in April 2024 and at least three in November.

Andrés posted to X on Saturday, “Football brings the world together—that’s why we love the World Cup.”

He continued, “How can FIFA give a ‘peace’ award to someone who does the opposite? Someone who divides with hate, trashes Somalis and Haitians and makes Latinos fear walking the street. That’s anti-football. And bombing boats in the Caribbean? This prize betrays the beautiful game.”

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Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳
@chefjoseandres
Football brings the world together—that’s why we love the World Cup.
How can FIFA give a “peace” award to someone who does the opposite? Someone who divides with hate, trashes Somalis and Haitians and makes Latinos fear walking the street. That’s anti-football. And bombing boats in the Caribbean? This prize betrays the beautiful game. @FIFA
is betraying their core fans that made FIFA possible. @Concacaf
@UEFAcom
12:09 PM · Dec 6, 2025

Chef Andrés is the one who deserves the Nobel Peace prize a hundred times over! Traveling the world, to war zones and to places like downtown D.C. when workers were furloughed. He is the embodiment of what that award is supposed to mean.