I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.

When you're cooking in the premier league of restaurants, when things go down, it has to be sorted immediately.

If everyone could just cook properly I wouldn't have a problem.

What's frustrating more than anything is when chefs start to cut corners and believe that they are incognito in the way they send out appetizers, entrees, and they know it's not 100 percent, but they think the customers can't spot it.

Chefs don't do ponytails and we shouldn't do them because I guarantee that whenever there's a discovery of hair in the food, it's guaranteed it's from the chef's ponytail.

When you find a guy who is powerful, a big father figure, you latch onto him immediately.