The names of nominees for each year’s Nobel Prize are supposed to be kept secret until they’re revealed 50 years after the awards are given out, but Rep. John Delaney decided to spill the beans a little early. Delaney, a Democrat from Maryland, told the Washington Post that he nominated D.C. chef José Andrés for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.

In addition to opening what can sometimes feel like a billion D.C.-area restaurants, Andrés made national headlines last year for his extensive hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The chef and his team provided more than 2.2 million meals to those living on the island last year after Hurricane Maria left it without power—more than any nonprofit or government agency at the time.

“Oh, wow,” Andrés told the Post when given the news. “They nominate everybody.”

That’s not exactly true: Only certain people and institutions can nominate laureates, including heads of state or members of national governments, former peace prize recipients, and university professors in the liberal arts. They are not allowed to nominate themselves. Nominators have until February to do their … nominating, after which point the Norwegian Nobel Committee narrows it down to a pool of Laureates, who are announced in October.

2018’s pool of nominees is 331 strong, the second-highest number of nominees in the prize’s history.

Andrés’ humanitarian efforts didn’t start with Puerto Rico: The chef founded the nonprofit World Central Kitchen after providing earthquake relief in Haiti in 2010. Since then, he and his teams of volunteers have cooked meals across North and Central America following natural disasters. Most recently, Andrés spent Thanksgiving providing meals to survivors and first responders of the Camp Fire in California. For his efforts, Andrés has been awarded a National Humanities Medal and this year was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people.

In Delaney’s nomination, obtained by the Post, the representative praised the chef’s exhaustive relief efforts:

“Because of Mr. Andrés’s work, millions of people have been fed. This is the most basic human need and Mr. Andrés has proven to be world-class in this essential humanitarian field. With an incredible spirit and an innovative mind, Mr. Andrés is solving one of the world’s ancient problems and supplying world leaders with a new road map to provide more effective disaster relief in the future.”

Delaney happens to be the first Democrat to announce he will be a candidate for president in 2020, presumably against President Donald Trump, and did not run again for his Congressional seat in 2018.

Notably, Andrés has his own history with Trump: In 2017, the chef and the company that bears Trump’s name settled a nearly two-year legal dispute that started when Andrés pulled a planned restaurant from the D.C. hotel. The Trump Organization sued ThinkFoodGroup, Andrés’ restaurant company, for $10 million for breach of contract; Andrés sued them right back, claiming Trump’s comments calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals spurred his move.