Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, in Des Moines for the World Food Prize, stopped at two restaurants and a cocktail lounge during his tour of the metro.

Andrés dined at Bubba Southern Comforts on Oct. 21. The chef behind the Spanish tapas bar Jaleo and Mediterranean restaurant Zaytinya in Washington, D.C., ordered frog legs, fried green tomatoes, Dr Pepper ham, gumbo, and jambalaya during his visit to the downtown Des Moines restaurant, founding partner Chris Diebel said.

Next, he stopped by Oak Park on Ingersoll Avenue. Owner Kathy Fehrman said Andrés visited the kitchen staff, sat at the bar, and ate the carrot Wellington, New York strip, ribeye, beet salad, grilled oysters, caviar cone, and Caesar salad. “Carrot Wellington is my dish of the year!” he told Fehrman.

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