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

If my last supper was ever going to be cooked by a chef, it would have to be Thomas Keller.

However amazing a dish looks, it is always the taste that lingers in your memory. Family and friends will appreciate a meal that tastes superb-even if you've brought the pan to the table.

I don't run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.

I came up from a difficult background.

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.

The issue I have is that the cooking techniques are up for questioning, today more than ever before. If you waterbath beef at 22-degrees for 12 hours, it may taste fantastic, but if you don't cook food at a high enough temperature, you risk not killing the bacteria. Things like that make me nervous of venturing into it.