Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.

If you aren't nervous about your passion, you aren't passionate about it.

Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved.

I love using gas grills because they are easier to heat and it's much easier to control the flames with a gas grill than with a charcoal fire. Grilling is not just about lighting a fire.

Nobody believed the 'Food Network' could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They'll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasn't true. 'Food Network' continues to get better and evolve.

Don't try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on 'Food Network.'

It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.