I cook for a living; I'm not a scheduler.
Cooking today is a young man's game, I don't give a bollocks what anyone says.
The level of jealousy and insecurity in this industry [restaurant] is far greater than ever before.
Push your limit to the absolute extreme.
I actually quite like [social media]. It's spontaneous, you don't really have to commit to it and I enjoy the interaction. Also, I have never sworn on there, not once.
In order to create a little bit of confidence, start cooking with pasta. Pasta is phenomenal. Once you've cooked pasta properly for the first time it becomes second nature.