It's extraordinary these obsessions. You conquer one but then you move onto another.

I cannot teach anybody how to cook. All I can do is show them, share methods with them.

If you've been given opportunities then you have to create opportunities. If you're given knowledge by people, share your knowledge. If you were born with talent, show your talent off.

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.

Once you grow up and discover yourself as a human being you look at things for what they are.

How many chefs when I was a young boy shouted at me during service? All I ever said was "Yes, chef." The customer is the most important. If the chef overreacts, fine. At the end of service, you apologize.

We're in a world that is run by accountants and I think that it's sad in many ways.