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.

Being assertive and somewhat really firm has to be backed up with being fair.

I love eating out. I don't deny that. But I don't want 12 or 15 courses because the chef wants me to taste this or taste that. I just want to be able to decide.

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.

I'm quite a chauvinistic person.

[My kids] don't need to cook to keep me happy. It's my job as dad to create opportunities so that they can find their passion. Forget about money, find what you really want to do with your life.