I have more eating memories than cooking memories and many memories of being in the kitchen - I was always attracted to the kitchen - but nobody ever wanted me to touch anything.

I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu.

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.

Obviously California is fantastic in terms of produce, vegetables.

My New Year's resolution is to cut my diet sodas down to two cans a day!

You don't become a chef to become famous.

I don't follow the food trends.