I don't know if you call a burger recession food. It's comfort food.

When your parents are Middle Eastern immigrants, you have three choices. You can become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer.

Food is all about balance; it is all about taste.

I don't know if you call a burger recession food. It's comfort food.

What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I learned more from the chefs I have working for me than you could ever imagine. There's nothing wrong with being able to create opportunities for people, and you don't have to do everything, take credit for everything, and have all the weight be on your shoulders.

People love steak all over the United States.

Chefs become attracted to being able to get product and then clientele - those are the two things that attract you as a chef.