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

I think New York has the most diverse and best quality representation of so many different cuisines at all levels.

Habaneros have a great fruity flavor, but the challenge is that you have to deflect the heat in order to taste the flavor. If you don't, you're dead. They should really have a warning sign on them. Deflect the habanero's heat by pairing it with sweet food.

For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.

In the end, your creativity -- perhaps even your outrageousness -- will determine the final result.

There are so many great things about this business. Almost everybody is on the same team. It is all for one-friendly competitiveness. No one is out to hurt anyone.