José Andrés and Donald Trump. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post; Evan Vucci/Associated Press)President Trump’s company and D.C. chef José Andrés have settled a nearly two-year-old legal dispute stemming from the chef’s decision to shelve plans to open a restaurant in Trump’s D.C. hotel following Trump’s controversial immigration rhetoric. [Donald Trump, José Andrés and the death of a grand Washington restaurant]“I am pleased that we were able to resolve our differences and move forward cooperatively, as friends,” Andrés said in the statement. During the spring of 2015, Andrés and Trump’s daughter Ivanka traded design ideas and advanced plans for the restaurant, according to court documents. Pressing to open his restaurant by the fall of 2016, Trump built his own restaurant in place of the Andrés concept and signed BLT Prime and chef David Burke to operate it.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 14:29 UTC