I look at Guy Fieri and I just think, 'Jesus, I'm glad that's not me.'

For a moment, or a second, the pinched expressions of the cynical, world-weary, throat-cutting, miserable bastards we've all had to become disappears, when we're confronted with something as simple as a plate of food.

I admire people who do things that are interesting to them, who don't have a strategy or a master plan or have a brand - I don't care about any of those things.

New Orleans is a glorious mutation

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.

I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy.