I don't consider myself a rock star chef, I really don't. I cook for a living and I try to help out as many people as I can in my life and that's all I care about. I don't care about the fame of television, I use to a lot.

The impression that is out there about me is that I'm really hard-nosed, but the people who really know me, know that I am a soft touch.

God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.

Whenever I deal with children or the military, that becomes special to me.

For years - especially in England where I come from - cooking was a subservient job. When I told my Dad I was going to be a cook, he wouldn't talk to me for two years. Even though it was associated with my military service, he thought cooking was beneath me.

I had written two cookbooks, and they had done well, but I wanted to move to fitness, because it's big with me.

I travel 330 days a year and eat every two and a half hours - I'm a big guy. I always carry a fork, little bottles of spices, and Sriracha. I eat what I feel like eating.