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

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

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

Today there are very few chefs at that high level who are behind their stoves. You don't feel their presence within the room. Where's the romance? Where's the show? Where's the theater? The modern day restaurant - it's like dining in a chapel. It's boring.

The most poisonous source in any kitchen is a chef's ego.

I just want my children to be happy. And to be good people. Proper people. That's all.

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.