Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables.

I love eggs. When it's the season of truffles, scrambled eggs with truffles, and I'm happy. I'm smiling like that.

Well, cooking starts with shopping. If the ingredients are not good, you don't do it. Just change your mind and do something else.

Today, because I want to be gentle on my back, I listen to jazz.

If I go to a nightclub, even if the music is good, if the sound system is not, I don't stay.

When I started to work in Paris in fine dining, the passion really kicked in, and I knew that I would not, for the rest of my life, do anything else.

For me, food is about memories, feelings, emotions, and so is Le Bernardin, and that's why it's not just a restaurant.