The avant-garde has always existed throughout the history of mankind. The good things from the avant-garde last and eventually, after many years, become tradition and people forget they were ever part of the avant-garde. The kitchen is a living discipline, always evolving, and there will always be cutting edge things that over the years, ends up being part of tradition.

You can't please everyone, especially if you're doing very radical things at the vanguard of cooking. That's life; it's a polemic I've lived with since I started cooking.

What's wrong with transforming food?

I am not a multimillionaire. I dont own a yacht or a Ferrari. I live in a 60-square- metre flat. My needs are simple.

You cannot get an influence from the cuisine of a country if you don't understand it. You've got to study it.

Creativity means not copying.

If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit... What are the limits?