What I learned about America is that anything is possible, but sometimes people get into businesses they shouldn't be in. They go in without capital or know how, but their mothers had told them that they could cook, and they're good with people.
Food should be fun, but it should also be functional.
I've never been a competition guy.
The sharing of food is like breaking bread, it's very symbolic.
Food is culture, and we need to listen to it.
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.