The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

I think that's the important thing - being aware of that inspiration and being able to interpret it into something that's meaningful for you.

When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about.

I think every young cook wants to write a book.

Its not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it's about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then u'll be a great cook.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

I like to drink young wines, wines which are robust and have a lot of forward fruit to them.