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

It's not about what you achieve, it's actually what you do for your industry and that's what I think is important. And when people look at me and they see my achievements with the restaurants do you know what I think? I think I did more than that. What I achieved was teaching young men and young women when they were young and inspiring them.

Don't dress for others, dress for yourself. Clothes should be an extension of what you represent and what you feel inside.

You have to shout in the kitchen to deliver the orders, to drive the troops, to get the food out. When you have a table of eight courses and everyone's having something different, you have a 15-second window to get it all together so no one at the table waits.

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

People who can give themselves every day. They're the people that I admire, they're real people.

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.