Chef José Andrés has responded to being “fired” as a presidential appointee by President Donald Trump, who first announced the news on his social platform Truth Social.

Celebrity chef José Andrés, who has longstanding ties to the DC area, got the last laugh on Donald Trump after being "ousted" from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. During his flurry of appointments,

Trump boasted on Truth Social that he had ‘fired’ Biden appointee Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, but the humanitarian chef said he had submitted

Former President Joe Biden greeted President Donald Trump at the White House in advance of Monday’s inauguration with a conciliatory gesture, telling him and first lady Melania Trump: “Welcome home.” Trump ended his first day back in that home by posting a sneering message boasting of how his team was hunting down hundreds of Biden appointees to throw out of office.

He began by dismissing four people: retired Gen. Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.

The new commander-in-chief fired off the “official notice of dismissal” to four Biden appointees in a midnight social media post, bluntly warning that his team were hunting down even more to throw

President Trump announced the firing of four high-profile presidential appointees just after midnight Tuesday, including a top envoy to Iran during his first term, Brian Hook, and retired Gen.

US President Donald Trump fired chef Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition after he was seen with Trump's alleged