If any chef ever tells you they're not inspired equally by the truck-stop barbecue as they are by the four-star Michelin restaurant they are lying.

I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.

I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

I really love fried chicken.

Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your ingredients lined up for you.

People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.