Cook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other techniques, such as fish, chicken, or hamburgers. In other words be comfortable with the ingredients you are using.

An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature.

Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.

You have to have your face in the food. These days people think a tattoo and a bottle of Sriracha equals success.

Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant.

I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

In those days, the main requirement to be on the Food Network was being able to get there by subway.