We have never done anything in a cynical fake way

How many chefs do we know that prefer cooking for chefs than they do customers, yet customers are returning repeatedly and it's the level of support that determines the level of success that restaurant will have.

I suppose I might be a player-coach nowadays. I'm a great teacher, and I enjoy teaching. But I'm glad I got injured and ended up turning to cooking. It was an accident but the happiest one of my life.

When you have the arrogance, the confidence and you can't cook, then you're only going to look stupid.

It goes back to the early days in the kitchen where you would be tasting dishes all night long, so the last thing I want to do in the morning is eat. Chefs generally tend to be grazers.

If you think customers are impatient in New York, wait to you see how impatient they are here in L.A.

Cooking is about passion, so it may look slightly temperamental in a way that it's too assertive to the naked eye.