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Newsweek called Ells "an environmental champion" for his commitment to using ingredients from more sustainable sources.

Business Wire Travel News 2010

But investors Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone, Lorena Garcia and Steve Ells -- and a random sampling of girls that gagged when asked if they'd buy some saucy balls — will not be moved.

America's Next Great Restaurant: Will Joey Stick with Saucy Balls? Should He? 2011

"Here's the basic difference between Chipotle and other fast-food restaurants," Ells says.

The Fast Food Revolutionary Jonathan Gold 2011

-Steve Ells This has been a year when the attention of the food world has been drawn to indie abattoirs and hydrocolloid-obsessed Spaniards, to tomato-farm slavery and shark-fin pirates, to foie gras trucks and $900 meals where you can't tell the entrees from the plates, to mad chefs wielding liquid-nitrogen canisters and gentler souls instructing you on how to cook and eat your Christmas tree.

The Fast Food Revolutionary Jonathan Gold 2011

Chipotle's Ells reported the company now buys 100 million pounds per year of meat from chickens, hogs and beef cattle raised without antibiotics.

David Wallinga, M.D.: Stopping Superbugs: Time for Congress and Industry to Catch Up With American Consumers M.D. David Wallinga 2011

In a statement from Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle, he says, "By creating the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, we are extending our reach beyond our restaurants and will be supporting organizations and people that are working to improve individual family farms, animals and the environment, and youth and education programs."

Organic Authority.com: The Burrito That Changed the World (Or at Least American Farming) Organic Authority.com 2011

Brady Ells, 19, shows the impressive artwork he's been doing.

Christmas charity appeal 2011: Tomorrow's People turns teenagers' lives around 2011

"I have always believed that the Chipotle model would work well with a variety of different cuisines," said Chipotle Chief Executive Steve Ells in a press release.

Chipotle to Open Asian Chain Annie Gasparro 2011

In a statement from Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle, he says, "By creating the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, we are extending our reach beyond our restaurants and will be supporting organizations and people that are working to improve individual family farms, animals and the environment, and youth and education programs."

Organic Authority.com: The Burrito That Changed the World (Or at Least American Farming) Organic Authority.com 2011

Chipotle's Ells reported the company now buys 100 million pounds per year of meat from chickens, hogs and beef cattle raised without antibiotics.

David Wallinga, M.D.: Stopping Superbugs: Time for Congress and Industry to Catch Up With American Consumers M.D. David Wallinga 2011