Being a chef never seems like a job, it becomes a true passion.

We're fragile, fragmented souls who are very sensitive to criticism.

Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.

First of all, for me the secret is in the ingredients. You don't need to start spending fortunes on organic foods and start becoming way over budget. The better the ingredient, the littler that needs doing to it.

When you cook under pressure you trade perfection.

I shoot from the hip.

I'm quite a chauvinistic person.