I like things that are educational and educational. I like things that are inspirational.

I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.

I wasn't manufactured. I was cut from the cloth of the very old world of gastronomy. There was no such thing as celebrity chefs, chefs were trained and I like to think that I still represent those old values from that world and the opportunities that I am offered I often say no to.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.

I can't imagine anything worse than trying to impress a girl with dinner. To be honest, I'm always impressing myself, not other people.

Gastronomy is the greatest form of therapy that anyone can be exposed to.

I've paid my price, a high price, I watched my mother die. I look at everything I've been given now as a form of compensation. A person who has regrets is a person who casts anchors.